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Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies at age 96

Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989 ... He was also well-known for his work around tobacco, calling for a "smoke-free" society. His 1986 surgeon general's report on the dangers of smoking was seminal, the biography said.
CNN
added Feb 25, 2013 19:03
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[UK] Quit smoking now.. and you can still enjoy some good life

Richard Briers loved a 'laugh and a joke' ... 'The ciggies got me. If you do it [quit] in your 30s, you're OK, but after 30 it gets you.' He was right in many ways, but he probably enjoyed a far better final decade because he DID stop smoking.
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Feb 23, 2013 21:58
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[UK] 'The Good Life' actor Richard Briers dies, aged 79

The Good Life actor had recently revealed that he was battling with emphysema as a result of his smoking addiction ... "I was diagnosed five years ago and didn't think it would go quite as badly as it has. It's a bugger, but there it is. I used to love
Digital Spy (uk)
added Feb 18, 2013 10:24
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Dave Clark Five Bassist Rick Huxley Dead at 72

Co-founder had battled emphysema after years of smoking
Rolling Stone
added Feb 13, 2013 20:51
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[Mississippi] Retired Miss. Court of Appeals Judge Myers dies at 71; as chancellor, oversaw tobacco suit

- Retired Judge William Myers, who served on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and was the Gulf Coast chancery judge who oversaw Mississippi's landmark lawsuit against the tobacco industry, has died.
AP - Associated Press
added Feb 8, 2013 21:45
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Edward I. Koch, Ex-Mayor of New York, Dies

He also issued an order prohibiting discrimination in city jobs on the basis of sexual orientation, and proposed laws to limit smoking in public places and to provide public financing of political campaigns.
New York Times
added Feb 1, 2013 10:09
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LETTER: In wake of Jack Klugman's death, celebrities ought to warn against smoking

More celebrities should take a note from Klugman and share their personal smoking experiences. Maybe then tobacco control programming could gain mass appeal, informing more people, our children especially, of smoking related health risks.
Staten Island (NY) Advance
added Dec 28, 2012 20:03
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Jack Klugman, Stage and Screen Actor, Is Dead at 90

At one time a heavy smoker, Mr. Klugman had survived throat cancer, which was diagnosed in 1974. After a vocal cord was removed in 1989, his voice was reduced to a gravelly whisper.
New York Times
added Dec 26, 2012 06:05
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Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88

Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and needed a light. The nurse at the Army hospital in Michigan threw a pack of matches on his chest. . . . Once a regular smoker, he had a portion of a lung removed in
AP - Associated Press
added Dec 19, 2012 03:04
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[UK] Cystic fibrosis sufferer given smoker's lungs in transplant died of cancer less than a year after operation

* Jennifer Wederell was given the lungs of a 20-a-day smoker * A year after the operation she died of cancer * Husband says she would never have agreed to transplant had she known
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Dec 16, 2012 22:53
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