出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/10/18 00:04 UTC 版)
smokeasy (plural smokeasies)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/14 01:35 UTC 版)
A smokeasy (also spelled smoke-easy or smokeeasy) is a business, especially a barroom, that allows smoking despite a smoking ban enacted as a criminal law or an occupational safety and health regulation. The term is also used to describe locations and events promoted by tobacco companies to avoid or evade bans on smoking . The word was added to the New Oxford American Dictionary in 2005, although it was used as early as 1978. It is a portmanteau of smoking and speakeasy.