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Katherine Heigl is using an ‘electronic cigarette’ after quitting smoking.
Katherine Heigl, the American actress and star of ‘Knocked Up’, has been using an ‘electronic cigarette’ for the past nine months after giving up smoking, reports the UK’s Daily Mail. The actress discussed the smoking aid when she made an appearance on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ last September and she was photographed using the device at a Los Angeles restaurant last week.
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There was an air of excitement at the corporate headquarters of Eluma Cigs, LLC the morning after Katherine Heigl’s appearance on Letterman when she touted her Electronic Cigarette or more widely known as Eluma. As a star on Grey’s Anatomy and in hit films like Knocked Up and Killers, Katherine Heigl always surprised her viewers, be it with her comic timing or her occasionally combative personality. But last week, her September 27 appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman surprised for a different reason: her enthusiastic recommendation of electronic cigarettes! Ream more »

Glee star Lea Michele says she isn’t interested in painting the town red and steers clear of cocktails and cigarettes. ‘These days I have one glass of wine and I’m completely gone,” the actress said. “I’ve never been a ‘Let’s go out and have a cosmopolitan’ kind of girl. I don’t even think I’ve ever tasted a cosmopolitan before. I don’t smoke and I don’t do drugs.’ Ream more »

He famously sang about cigarettes and alcohol during his incredibly successful career with Oasis, but former front man Liam Gallagher has apparently kicked the habit.
The rock star has become the latest celebrity to quit smoking according to a source close to him. According to the source, the front man decided to quit smoking in order to lead a healthier lifestyle and to make sure that his singing voice is at its brilliant best for his new band. Ream more »

Is Madonna’s would-be fashionista daughter Lourdes, to paraphrase one of her mother’s hits, into the doob? The 13-year-old, who helped Mom launch the cleverly-titled Material Girl fashion line for teenagers earlier this month, has been spotted wearing a Rastafarian-inspired wristband featuring the silhouette of what appears to be a marijuana plant.

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She came in for a fog of criticism last month for smoking round her son Winston – but it’s not been enough to make Billie Piper stub out her habit. The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl star, 27, couldn’t wait to spark up when she left Madonna’s 52nd party at London’s swanky Shoreditch House private members’ club on Saturday night.

Ms Piper was partying with her husband Laurence Fox, 32, alongside the Material Girl, her toyboy lover Jesus Luz, 23, and daughter Lourdes, 13. Ream more »

Bono admits he’s started smoking cigarettes due to his back surgery. The rock legend blames his painful, often boring back surgery. Can Bono quit again?
Bono has restored his health since his recent back surgery that had him out of the music world for over two months. The U2 frontman missed out on their North American tour and Glastonbury Festvial, but he’s back and ready to rock. Ream more »

The rapper “Juvenile” pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in St. Bernard Parish and received a suspended three-month sentence and must pay a $250 fine, authorities said.
The New Orleans rapper, whose real name is Terius Gray, pleaded guilty Thursday before state District Judge Manny Fernandez to misdemeanor possession stemming from his arrest for less than an ounce of marijuana Feb. 25 at an Arabi house he was using as a recording studio. Ream more »

Emmy-award winning TV show “Mad Men” is offering a walk-on role in the 1960s advertising drama in a charity auction that will partly benefit lung cancer treatment and research.
The 10-day auction, which starts on Thursday on eBay at 3.ly/madmen, is a unique twist on the smoking seen in “Mad Men”, which meticulously recreates the social mores of the early 1960s. Ream more »

US (ChattahBox) – By now people have probably heard White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs suggestion that Liberal opponents of Barack Obama were on drugs. But Michael Moore has pointed out the more obvious likelihoods. According to RAW, Moore was on Keith Olbermann’s MSNBC show, where he accused Gibbs of being the one smoking the “really heavy stuff” if he thought that was the issue. Ream more »