A person who smokes only in the company of another smoker.
Example sentencesExamples
She is what one might call a sympathetic smoker. You light up, she lights up.
I started when I was eighteen because people who smoked at the restaurant I worked at got to take more, and longer, breaks than those who didn't puff (owners and managers were all sympathetic smokers).
Definition of sympathetic smoker in US English:
sympathetic smoker
noun
A person who smokes only in the company of another smoker.
Example sentencesExamples
I started when I was eighteen because people who smoked at the restaurant I worked at got to take more, and longer, breaks than those who didn't puff (owners and managers were all sympathetic smokers).
She is what one might call a sympathetic smoker. You light up, she lights up.