In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.
There is no cure for emphysema, but you can start treating it and have a better quality of life.
I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts.
I do know the Spelling family. I worked for Aaron Spelling when I was a brunette. I've known them since Tori was a little girl.
As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role.
My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.
Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.
My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.
My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.
Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking.
If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.
We have so much lung capacity that we don't even notice a problem until we are in our 40s.
I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.
You're always better off if you quit smoking; it's never too late.
My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded.
