http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/people.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/entertainment/movies/18904994.html http://tobacco.org/news/265367.html Turns out it was a nicotine jones that led to Shia LaBeouf's arrest in Chicago. The 21-year-old actor, who stars opposite Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," told the story of his infamous Walgreen's arrest during his appearance on Monday night's "Late Show." LaBeouf told David Letterman he got "pretty wasted" before his stint in "the drunk tank" last November for refusing to leave a Walgreen's store in Chicago. His story: He had a hankering for cigarettes . . . He said he purchased the sweets , and, once again, left without buying cigarettes. So he threw on a hooded sweatshirt and returned to the store a third time. AP Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/pageoneplus/corrections.html http://tobacco.org/news/265355.html Obituaries An obituary on Tuesday about Dr. Murray Jarvik, whose research helped lead to the nicotine patch to fight smoking addiction, misstated the year in which he learned he had lung cancer, although he was a nonsmoker. It was 1992, not 1982. (Go to Article) New York Times nytnews@nytimes.com Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-13-2008/0004812290&EDATE= http://tobacco.org/news/265352.html Eugene Levy, comedic actor and star of dozens of blockbuster movies, appears in a new in-theater public service announcement released by the American Cancer Society, Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), and Will Rogers Institute that offers help to people who want to quit smoking. The goal is to reach millions of moviegoers across the country with this 30-second spot. Leading networks, Screenvision and National CineMedia, are running the PSA. Together, these networks reach thousands of movie screens and will reach millions of people across the country. To view this ad, please visit http://www.wrinstitute.org/. . . . Called Picture Quitting, the success rates of this custom-tailored quit smoking program is twice those of the national average. Visit http://www.eifoundation.org and http://www.hollywoodunfiltered.com. PR Newswire Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nypost.com/seven/05162008/gossip/pagesix/sightings_111060.htm http://tobacco.org/news/265350.html . . . KID Rock sipping single-malt scotch and smoking cigars at the Carnegie Club with restaurateur Trace Ayala, Atlantic Records boss Jason Flom and actress Joanna Garcia . . . New York Post Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/16/smoking?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront http://tobacco.org/news/265342.html As the head of a government that took the brave step of banning smoking in public places five months ago, José Sócrates could have been expected to lead by example. Of course, Portugal's prime minister was well known for being partial to a cigarette. But he and his ministers recognised the force of arguments on secondhand smoke and cutting back tobacco consumption. So it was something of a surprise yesterday when Sócrates was forced to apologise after being caught enjoying a sneaky fag in a very public place: an aircraft. He apparently believed that the curtain that separated the first-class section of the chartered TAP flight from Lisbon to Caracas on Monday would provide cover. The Guardian reader@guardian.co.uk Portugal Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Movies/2008/05/15/5572846-sun.html http://tobacco.org/news/265302.html The curse of tobacco has followed Sean Penn to the Cannes Film Festival. In a light-hearted moment yesterday in an otherwise serious press conference, Penn snuck a few puffs and groused about the problem. "I've been discouraged from smoking," Penn said in complaining about the down side of being jury president. . . . "For some medical reason, we need to smoke," filmmaker Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) said with a mischievous grin . . . "Would it bother you?" A few journalists applauded. She then lit up with a flourish, as did Penn and French actress Jeanne Balibar. Winnipeg Sun letters@wpgsun.com (BRUCE KIRKLAND) France Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/425430 http://tobacco.org/news/265301.html A remarkable combination of arrogance and charm, Penn allowed that he'd been "discouraged" from smoking during the news conference, a request he hasn't always complied with when visiting the Toronto International Film Festival. But he lit a ciggie near the end after Satrapi asked the journalists if it would okay "for medical reasons" for the jurors to smoke. She puffed along with Penn, and so did Balibar. Toronto Star petehowell@gmail.com France Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=515211 http://tobacco.org/news/265300.html At this point the press conference suddenly became a smoking event when - wait for it! - jury member and Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi lit up a cigarette. Penn and French actress Jeanne Balibar quickly followed suit. Surely a nicotine craving is just as big an impediment to enjoying Kung Fu Panda as a full bladder. National Post France Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/cannes%20film%20festival%20jury%20smoke%20up%20a%20storm%20of%20controversy_1068646 http://tobacco.org/news/265299.html Iranian director Marjane Satrapi and French actress Jeanne Balibar lit up as they were being introduced to the media, despite protests about smoking in public. And the 2008 jury president, Sean Penn, who had previously been told he couldn't smoke during the press conference, then chose to ignore the rules and lit a cigarette. Under protest, Satrapi insisted, "Some members of this jury, for medical reasons, need to smoke. Do you mind?" ContactMusic.com France Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080514/en_afp/entertainmentfilmfestivalcannespenn_080514195919 http://tobacco.org/news/265296.html US actor and director Sean Penn lit up and led a minor revolt at the Cannes film festival against France's draconian new anti-smoking laws. Penn, the head of the jury that will pick the best films, pulled out a cigarette and puffed on it at a press conference with fellow jury members, in defiance of laws in place since January that ban smoking in public enclosed spaces. He only took a couple of drags before putting it aside and getting back to answering reporters' questions. But jury member Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian director clearly inspired by her colleague's defiance, then asked to much laughter if anyone minded if she smoked "for medical reasons." Agence France Presse France Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/arts/15arts-SEANPENNSFIE_BRF.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=smoking&st=nyt&oref=slogin http://tobacco.org/news/265294.html Defying France's strict new antismoking laws, Sean Penn, right, president of the jury at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, lighted a cigarette at a news conference yesterday, Agence France-Presse reported. After a couple of puffs in defiance of rules that banned smoking in enclosed spaces since January, he put the cigarette aside and returned to answering reporters' questions. But a jury member, the Iranian writer and director Marjane Satrapi, prompting laughter, then asked if anyone minded if she smoked "for medical reasons." She lighted a cigarette; Mr. Penn and the French actress Jeanne Balibar joined her. New York Times France Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/people/e3i69de61b6be7b8a11465435a3d54afb82 http://tobacco.org/news/265267.html Eugene Levy will appear in a new in-theater public service announcement to be released Tuesday that offers help to people who want to quit smoking. Screenvision and National CineMedia are running the 30-second spot from the American Cancer Society, Entertainment Industry Foundation and Will Rogers Institute. Hollywood Reporter Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/health/13jarvik.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=smoking&st=nyt&oref=slogin http://tobacco.org/news/265223.html Murray Jarvik, a psychopharmacologist who was among the first to study the hallucinogenic drug LSD and whose later research on the physiology and psychology of smoking was instrumental in the development of the nicotine patch, died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 84. The cause was pulmonary edema from congestive heart failure, said his son Jeffrey. . . . "It is strange that people should go to such lengths to burn and then inhale some vegetable matter," Dr. Jarvik wrote in an introduction to a 1977 report for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Research on Smoking Behavior." "We must find out what is rewarding about it." New York Times Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051102103.html http://tobacco.org/news/265219.html Nuala O'Faolain, 68, an Irish journalist who in midlife turned an introduction to a collection of columns into a best-selling memoir and then quickly wrote a novel, another memoir and a biography, died of cancer May 10 at the Blackrock Hospice in Dublin. . . . She also began a long-term but ultimately unsatisfying relationship with a man whom she followed to London. There, she became a BBC producer, making community access programs, traveling extensively, writing and teaching. Her relationship ended and, drinking and smoking heavily, she returned to Ireland in 1977 The Washington Post Ireland Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8e37cd84-bcb6-11dc-bcf9-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F8e37cd84-bcb6-11dc-bcf9-0000779fd2ac.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanthinker.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F05%2Ftobacco_as_a_selfmedication_an.html&nclick_check=1 http://tobacco.org/news/265207.html I never thought I would say this but Christopher Hitchens has been good for my health. When we were negotiating which restaurant to choose, the famously nicotine-bitten enfant terrible of Anglo-American letters inquired whether I smoked. “I’m sorry to say that I’m almost as bad as you,” I replied and we both chuckled throatily. And thus we meet on a sunny afternoon at the Bombay Club – a popular restaurant across Lafayette Square from the White House. We chose it not because we especially like Indian food – although Hitchens is as fond of it as I – but because we can sit outside and so sidestep Washington’s blanket ban on indoor smoking. Financial Times Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT