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| • | "used to go to Chaparral High School here in AZ and maybe some other Arizonans will remember her as part of that whole anti-smoking commercial controversy a few years back (she was in an anti-smoking commercial but then was caught outside a restaurant smoking...she said she told the directors of the commercial she was a smoker and they hired her anyway).", message board, Oct. 31, '01 |
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| • | quit - "Q: You got noticed here doing those anti-tobacco 'tumor-causing, teeth-staining, smelly, puking habit' TV ads. So, do you smoke? A: Well ... I quit a few years ago. There was a big controversy about me being seen smoking ... well, you know what they say: Any press is good press", Arizona Republic, Sep. 26, '05
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| • | "[Michelle] Williams and pal Busy Philipps ...after sneaking in a smoking break.", Parade, Jan. 16, '12
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| • | "The deal didn't start out so easy, though. Her 30-second commercial caused quite a stir after an Arizona Republic reporter saw Philipps smoking outside a restaurant. The reporter wrote a column criticizing the then Chaparral High School student for being a smoker and appearing in an anti-smoking commercial. 'They asked me at the audition if I smoked and I told them I did, and they hired me anyway,' Philipps said. 'The next thing I knew, I was getting calls from radio stations asking me for my statement. It's now infamous in my family - the time Busy did an antismoking commercial and got caught smoking.'", State Press Magazine, when? |