nico-teen

(NIK.oh.teen)

n.

A teenager who smokes cigarettes.

Example Citations:

Teenagers are more likely to start smoking if their favourite film stars are smokers.

— Matthew Hart, "Film star smokers blamed for nico-teen addicts," Courier Mail, February 26, 2001

Oscar Velasquez was 13 when he took his first puff on a cigarette. It made him cough, but that didn't stop him from trying another — and another and another and another.

— Barri Bronston, "Nico-teens," The Times-Picayune, March 14, 1994

Earliest Citation:

Smoking is gross — you may as well lick an ashtray.

Hip people, like Joey Lawrence (Blossom) and Karyn Parsons (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), wouldn't dream of smoking. Smart people like Surgeon General Antonia Novello say smoking is dumb.

These are the messages of NICO-TEEN, The Don't Smoke Magazine, which takes an MTV approach to the anti-smoking educational campaign being waged in schools.

— Anita Manning, "No-smoking message teens subscribe to," USA Today, September 3, 1992

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Category:

Lifestyles