Tobacco News

Schindler’s List star Liam Neeson’s has blamed his role as cigar-puffing Hannibal Smith in The A Team movie remake for forcing him to begin smoking again after quitting 16 years ago.

The 58-year-old actor believes that smoking on camera has caused him to resurrect his old nicotine habit, reported Contactmusic. “I stopped smoking 16 years ago so it was a real issue for this movie. The props guys got me these amazing fake Cuban cigars but then I was given real ones. I said, ‘I can’t do this I’m an addict’,” said Neeson.
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Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper has died at his home in California at the age of 74 after battling prostate cancer.
The star passed away at his house in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice surrounded by family and friends.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Hopper appeared alongside his mentor James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant.
He was best known for starring in the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, for which he received an Oscar for the movie’s original screenplay.
The film is regarded as one of the greatest films of American cinema.
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Have been trying to kick the butt, but lack inspiration?

Don’t fret as help is at hand. We bring you a brigade of stars, who have managed to quit smoking for a mélange of reasons. Read ahead, and be inspired and quit smoking for good.

Saifu kicks to be safe
It was only after a visit to the hospital, that the benefits of not smoking dawned upon Saif. But as they say, better late then never! “The first three weeks are really tough. Once you get over that, you are free,” was the gyaan that Chote Nawab gave to all those who want to quit. As far as getting tempted is concerned, Saif seems to have learnt from the health attack he has suffered and is determined to continue abstinence. Ream more »

Actor Russell Crowe is trying to quite smoking but, armed with only patches, an inhaler and gum, he’s having a hard time.

According to a report on Opposing Views, the Robin Hood actor has tweeted that his withdrawal symptoms include coughing and dry skin.

He wrote on his Twitter page: “Day 2 has been much harder than yesterday. My skin is really salty and I’m coughing a lot. Patches, inhaler, gum – I’ve got all the crutches,” according to Digital Spy.

Russell also tweeted: “Odd subconscious things, moving ashtrays closer to me. Checking my pockets for lighters. Just have to stay with it.”
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The timing of Nicolas Sarkozy’s latest embarrassment is rather tasty. On the day that he has asked the French to work two more years before retirement, one of his ministers has been caught spending 12,000 euros a year of tax-payers’ money on cigars.
The disclosure about Christian Blanc, State Secretary (sub-minister) for Greater Paris, is the most amusing in the recent exposés on the royal life-style of France’s governing class. The case against Blanc, a former boss of Air France, seems pretty water-tight. Le Canard Enchaîné published photos of receipts from a shop in the western suburbs called Le Cigare et la Plume. It details the Upman Magnums, Cohibas and other high end brands from Cuba that were billed to the government. When Blanc heard that he was to become the latest victim of Le Canard, he sent the Treasury a cheque for 3,500 euros to refund the “two boxes of 25″ which he said he personally smokes every month. He says he has no idea where the 8,500 euros worth of other cigars went.
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The world’s most famous It Girl stunned clubbers by puffing on what looked like a normal cig whilst indoors – despite California’s ban on smoking.

However, after closer inspection it became clear that she was actually using a SmokeStik, the world’s most popular e-cig, which is exempt from the ban.

Her father, hotel tycoon Richard Hilton, was said to have been unhappy with Paris’ casual smoking.
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It’s often said that when faced with a problem most people will choose the easy way out. Now it seems like celebrities are following this logic by turning to hypnosis companies like HypnoBusters to help them quit smokingCelebrities including Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have all admitted to usinghypnosis to help kick the smoking habit.Ben Affleck spoke about his experience with hypnosis on the Oprah Winfrey Show.”I finally decided to quit smoking when I found out I was going to have a child. That was the thing that sort of put it over the top for me. I decided to go to a hypnotist. You sit in a chair and the hypnotist sips water and just talks to you for an hour, and explains how nicotine is poison.” Read more

Matt Daemon, a famous Hollywood actor was hypnotized, Jim Carrie was pricked all over the needles, and Gwyneth Paltrow practiced yoga. But now they are not at knifepoint of tobacco death. How and why do smoking celebs give up smoking?For children: A Hollywood handsome celeb Ben Affleck, a star of such movies as “Armageddon”, and “Pearl-Harbor” gave up smoking for the sake of his daughter Violett whom his wife Jennifer Garner gave a birth in the year 2005.A famous dish Julia Roberts has also began to follow the health life-style after she had tried to become pregnant in the year 2004.They said she gave up smoking and went in for yoga. In the year 2005 the actress successfully gave a birth to twins. This summer Julia and his husband, a photographer Danny Moder are also in a familiar way. Read more

US pop queen Katy Perry is planning drastic measures to halt her ongoing cigarette addiction, claims the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper. Perry has reportedly been smoking more than ever as her wedding to British comedian Russell Brand draws nearer, but she is now planning hypnotherapy to stop the habit before it damages her voice.According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, the singer said: ‘I’m stressed out with the wedding and I keep smoking to calm my nerves. I do it even though I know it is really bad for me and I know I need to stop. ‘So I’m thinking I am going to have hypnotherapy to help me get over it. I’d never say to kids, ‘This is cool’. It’s a really bad habit that I need to quit.’ Read more

Iconic top model Kate Moss is regularly photographed with her cigarette a lighter and a mobile phone as her only fashion accessory. As a supreme super model its probably not surprising that Moss still manages to appear effortlessly elegant and beautiful however she’s photographed – at least for now. She certainly shows no signs of wanting to quit smoking any time soon. Perhaps like so many in her world – she associates smoking with thinness. Or perhaps, for her, it’s the least troubling of her addictions.When celebrities do chose to quit its fascinating that the reasons given are so often not about looks. Read more