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# cigarette

«cigarette» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thin paper tube filled with dried tobacco that people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cigarette, cigarettes)

### meaning for a pupil

A cigarette is a thin paper tube filled with dried tobacco that people light and smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils learn that cigarettes contain nicotine, which is addictive, and many harmful chemicals that damage the lungs, heart and teeth and cause cancer; second-hand smoke harms others nearby. Smoking is banned in many public places and selling cigarettes to children is illegal. In safety lessons: never play with lighters or matches. Phrases: smoke a cigarette, cigarette smoke, give up cigarettes, e-cigarette.

### examples

- Cigarettes are very bad for your health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x1)
- Smoking cigarettes damages your lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x2)
- It is against the law to sell cigarettes to children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x3)
- Cigarette smoke made her cough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x4)
- Grandad gave up cigarettes years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x5)
- A cigarette end was left on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x6)
- Cigarettes can cause fires. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/#x7)

### note

Countable noun. Spelling: c-i-g-a-r-e-t-t-e (double t, ends in e); stress on the last part: sig-a-RET. A cigar is bigger and made of rolled tobacco leaves. E-cigarettes (vapes) are also harmful and not for children.

### In the corpora

- [Cigarettes, vapes and alcohol harm a growing body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/16/)
- [If someone offers you a cigarette, a vape or alcohol, you say "No thanks" and walk away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/7/)
- [Cigarettes, vapes and alcohol harm a growing body.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cigarette» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cigarette/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.