"previous smoking" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when referring to someone's history of smoking, or to describe an event that occurred prior to something else. For example, "The patient's previous smoking makes them more likely to develop lung cancer."
Current and previous smoking habit (more than 100 cigarettes smoked in total) was assessed amongst both men and women.
Information on smoking was obtained by asking about current and previous smoking including duration of smoking, average number of cigarettes smoked per day, and type of cigarettes.
If the smoking-related risk of stillbirth is caused by a direct toxic effect of smoking exposure during pregnancy, women who smoked in the second pregnancy should, irrespective of previous smoking habits, have an increased risk of stillbirth.
Then he introduced Mo Rocca, a reporter for Comedy Central's "Daily Show With Jon Stewart," who was the host in August of the one previous Smoking Gun television special.
To our knowledge, no previous smoking cessation intervention has targeted community college students.
Patients with lung cancer might feel more guilt and shame resulting from previous smoking.
Nonunion rates were significantly higher in both the current and previous smoking groups (37 and 32%%, respectively).
Previous smoking has to be taken into account when performing electrophysiological studies to avoid bias of study results.
Body mass index (HR 1.05, 95% CI 0.99 1.11) and current or previous smoking (HR 1.65, 95% CI 0.83 3.26) showed a trend for a positive association.
[18] Smoking experience was classified into four levels: never smoking, current smoking, or two levels of previous smoking (above or below median [33] of pack-years of previous smoking).
Considering 2005 life expectancy levels in the USA (75.1 years for men and 80.3 years for women), current and previous smoking was associated with 2.5 years lower life expectancy for men and 1.8 years lower life expectancy for women [17].
