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    posted 09/28/2008, comments (4)

    Paul Newman Dies of Lung Cancer

    Paul Newman died of lung cancer on Friday, September 26th, at age 83. His career as a movie star, producer, and director was legendary. He was a chain-smoker for many years but quit smoking in 1986.Newman’s illness was not publicly acknowledged until recently, but he had apparently been battling lung cancer for the last 18 months. After... Read moreChevron
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    Actor Paul Newman Dies at 83 after Battle with Lung Cancer

    FOXNews.com is reporting that the legendary Paul Newman died on Friday at is farmhouse near Westport, CT, only a few months after pictures surfaced of him looking frail and thin as he was wheeled from the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, where he was said to be receiving treatment for terminal lung cancer.   Read more about... Read moreChevron
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    posted 05/28/2008, comments (2)

    The Old Glamour of Smoking

    When I was a kid growing up in Midland, Texas, in the fifties, it was a smoker’s world.  They owned it, they ruled the air and they oozed glamour into the atmosphere. Smokers smoked everywhere and made no apologies about it. There were no people who were allergic to smoke and no complaints about the constant haze of wafting smoke that... Read moreChevron
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    The influence of celebrities and smoking, part III

    Photographs of celebrities smoking in public used to be an unusual sight – movie studios would even take steps to ensure the images of their stars remained untarnished by such public behavior – especially the images of their female stars. It is only in recent years that photos of smoking celebrities have become so prevalent. This is... Read moreChevron
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    Patrick Swayze smokes despite having cancer

    Reports have been surfacing that despite a recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, Patrick Swayze is still smoking his usual two packs of cigarettes a day. What would drive an otherwise intelligent person to do such a thing to his body?Swayze has been known to be a heavy smoker for many years. Research shows that smokers are more likely to suffer... Read moreChevron
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