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The Tobacco Reference Guide
by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 41 Personalities, celebrities, and "famous deaths"

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Roger Maris, a cigarette smoker, appeared in Camel ads in the 1960's, and died

from lung cancer at age 51.

Buffalo News, August 30, 1998, p. B2

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From USA Weekend magazine, February 7, 1999, about actor Mel Gibson: "He is

fidgety. Wired. Kicking a 30-year habit, he finally stopped smoking four months ago

with the help of the antidepressant Zyban."

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In 1941, "Times Square was graced with a 30-foot-high Joe (DiMaggio), announcing

that Camels never irritated his throat."

Newsweek, March 22, 1999, p. 54

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King Hussein smoked Marlboro Lights.

Newsweek, February 15, 1999, p. 39

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In 1964, golfer Arnold Palmer quit smoking and gave up the $10,000 a year he was

being paid to throw an L&M on the green and then pick it up and take a puff after

putting. Within 6 months, he had gained 20 pounds and resumed smoking, not to quit

for good until 1975.

Reader's Digest, April 1992

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In the 1960's, Jack Nicklaus was a pack a day smoker, but unlike Arnold Palmer, he

did not smoke on the course.

The Story of Golf, CBS sports, April 8, 2000

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