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| • | "I started smoking cigarettes when I was 9 1/2", People Magazine, Jan. 16, '89
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| • | "Sitting on her mom's couch, a pack of Marlboros by her side, she speaks with girlish candor and not a hint of self-pity", People Magazine, Jan. 29, '90 |
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| • | "Drew battled depression by roaming Hollywood, staying out all night, sneaking cigarettes, drinks, pot and cocaine.... Now, she says her only vice is a pack of cigarettes a day", USA Today, Jan. 30, '90 |
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| • | "As she tells of life in the fast lane, she yawns, coughs repeatedly and smokes Marlboro cigarettes like they are going out of style", Tulsa World, Feb. 22, '90 |
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| • | "The actress says she has been sober -- no alcohol, no marijuana, no cocaine, nothing stronger than Marlboros -- for nine months", Los Angeles Times, Apr. 1, '90 |
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| • | "Barrymore, Rodney (Outsiders) Harvey, Keifer Sutherland and Depp are all smokers", People Magazine, Apr. 30, '90 |
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| • | "Wrapped in a terry-cloth bathrobe, Drew sits in her trailer, smoking like people used to in the old days: inhaling deeply and robustly, expertly blowing smoke rings, croakily talking while exhaling. But since Drew has given up so many other vices, it seems only fair that she should be allowed to give herself so freely to this one. ... She exhales smoke in a blast of displeasure.... [Drew and Sara Gilbert] blow smoke rings and we proceed to more pressing issues: boys, clothes, and beauty tips. ... exhaling a wall of smoke.", Elle, Sep. '91
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| • | "I'm the most orally and finger-fixated person ever. I bite my nails, I suck my thumb, I play with my hair, smoke cigarettes, suck lollipops.", "she lights up a cigarette", In Fashion, '91
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| • | started at 9 and a half, autobiography "Little Girl Lost", c. '91 |
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| • | "So, as she lights up one in a series of cigarettes, dressed in a white T-shirt and black sweats, you expect the worst kind of grownup child star from hell", Chicago Sun-Times, Jun. 12, '92 |
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| • | "Barrymore won fame as an eight-year-old in E.T., was smoking at age nine, and became an alcoholic at age 10", Calgary Herald, Dec. 22, '92 |
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| • | "except for smoking and quaffing diet drinks, she says she has avoided other addictions -- drugs and alcohol -- for years", New York Times, Mar. 7, '93 |
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| • | "She takes a long drag on her cigarette", The Guardian (UK), Mar. 19, '93 |
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| • | "In February I turned eighteen, so I can buy cigarettes now", Vogue, Jun. '93 |
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| • | "Drew smokes. Camels. Lots of them", Details Magazine, Jul. '93, p. 104 |
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| • | "At a time when smoking is virtually a criminal activity in the States, and that old actor's standby the cigarette has all but disappeared from movie property departments, Barrymore is constantly lighting up. It is a blatant provocation, an insolence, but also something of a youthful affectation", Time Out, Jun. 1, '94 |
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| • | "Drew Barrymore was jumpy on the set. Wearing nothing but a short skimpy robe, she was chain-smoking Marlboro Lights", Calgary Herald, Sep. 4, '94 |
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| • | "She smokes - don't criticize her cigarette smoking, 'her only vice', she says", USA Today, Feb. 7, '95 |
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| • | "'I get through anywhere from two to three packs a day', she declares, with undeniable relish. 'It's disgusting. It's awful. But I love it! Ooh I love it. If there could be an alcoholic word for smoking then that would be me. I'm a smokaholic. Definitely. Marlboros. That's my brand. It's such a great consistent taste. I love everything about smoking. I love the it cures my oral fixations. I love that it's something to do, it's somthing in my hand. I like the smell of it, the taste of it, I love smoking! I love the first one in the morning, I love the last one before I go to bed and every one in between. If I could I would smoke and eat at the same time. Whether it's obsessions or fixations, this is definitely one of mine. But if it's a fault, then it's one I take pride in'", GQ Magazine, Apr. '95
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| • | "'I'm so comfortable in my skin', she coos, lighting a cigarette", Los Angeles Times, May 14, '95 |
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| • | "reaching for a green, plastic lighter and stoking up her second Marlboro", Albany (NY) Times Union, May 25, '95 |
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| • | "My business partner Kim and I are very much on the same wavelength in a business sense. We sit down with, like, our iced teas and cigarettes at our desk and we just plow through the day", Interview, May '95 |
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| • | "Quickly, another topic is suggested: a game of show and tell. Barrymore dumps out her backpack on request and begins reeling off the items: cigarettes, wallet, a photo of her kissing her boyfriend, Filofax, camera, pocket dictionary", Rolling Stone, Jun. 15, '95 |
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| • | "'I was probably 14, and I went to this restaurant in LA and my dad was sitting at the bar. I hadn't met him in a couple of years and I was shaking and I walked in and said 'Hi'. He said, 'Have a seat,' and we shared a cigarette and I was, 'I can't believe we're actually in here sharing a cigarette - is this sick or is this really cool?' ... She is planning to hide in the shadows with her friend Val Kilmer: 'he's one of those people you can run off in the corner with and smoke cigarettes'", Premiere Magazine, Jun. '95 |
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| • | "She drinks beer and smokes high-tar cigarettes", Daily Mail (UK), Jul. 16, '95 |
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| • | "anything special you do while dressing to feel sexy? 'I smoke cigarettes and put on really sexy music and dance. I become my own voyeur and feel really free'", InStyle Magazine, Sep. '95 |
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| • | "Off screen, movie and television stars smoke more than the rest of us. Younger stars and models continue to light up. It's hard to find a top female performer who has not smoked on screen, and in real life Pamela Anderson, Sharon Stone, Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Aniston have all been caught puffing.", People Magazine (Online), Aug. 23, '96 |
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| • | "Drew was exhausted after doing 59 - count 'em, 59 - interviews on the day we met. Indeed, we were her final commitment. But her only concession to fatigue was red wine, sipped slowly from a teacup, and a cigarette. (She politely asked if we minded if she smoked.)", Newsday (Liz Smith gossip column), Dec. 31, '96 |
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| • | "she's been dining at Mars, an Asian-food restaurant near the University of Texas campus, where Barrymore has befriended the owner. 'We smoke cigarettes and drink red wine out of teacups and have dinner, and all the chefs are very kind,' she said", Houston Chronicle, Jan. 21, '97 |
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| • | quit - "Oh I really want to smoke. I just quit", Details Magazine, Jan. '97, p. 124 |
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| • | "I am still smoking... I cannot imagine a life without smoking. The only time I feel it affects me is when I am running up the stairs.", Dagbladet (Norway), Jun. 27, '97 |
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| • | "I don't like partying', Barrymore says, self-consciously playing with the elastic on her scoop-neck peasant blouse. 'I like a healthy, clean life. Sure, I smoke a cigarette every once in a while. I think you should not be completely uptight'", San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 8, '98 |
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| • | "She can now 'go three weeks without smoking, and then one night I'll have a glass of wine and a smoke'", Los Angeles Times, Jul. 19, '98 |
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| • | quit - "has been smkoe-free for a month. The actress, who smoked she was nine, admits she's 'still struggling' with it. 'I was up to three packs of (high-nicotine) Marlboro Reds a day. Yes, it's appalling, yes, it's disgusting. But I loved it! I loved the smell of it and I loved the taste of it", Now Magazine (UK), Feb. 2, '00, p. 42-43 |
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| • | "To escape, Drew turned to hanging out in L.A. nightclubs, smoking cigarettes, drinking, smoking pot by age 10", National Enquirer, Oct. 19, '00
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| • | "these are the things I love: Hope and daisies, the sun, prayer, laughter, strength, nature, kissing, the rain, cigarettes, feelings, spirituality, the sky, bubbles, pot, religion, fire, water, holding hands (I am not making this up), praying, searching, finding", The Independent (UK), Nov. 18, '00 |
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| • | "Drew asked the French girl for a cigarette... she went off and bought her own packet", Rolling Stone, Nov. 23, '00, p. 114 |
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| • | quit - "Drew Barrymore has given up cigarettes - with the help of habit-breaker Yefim Shubentsov. Shubentsov has already helped Billy Joel and Courteney Cox Arquette quit smoking, and gave Barrymore a two-hour session from his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Barrymore had been smoking for eight years, but hasn't picked up a cigarette for three months. Shubentsov has no formal medical training, but employs 'bio-energetics' which involves waving his hands over a client while exhaling loudly", World Entertainment News Network, May 11, '01 |
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| • | quit - "What a year it's been for Drew Barrymore: First her house burned down, then she and Tom Green claimed they got married in secret. Now she has quit smoking, about eight years after she started. She gave up cigarettes three months ago, she tells us, with the help of Yefim Shubentsov of Brookline, Mass., who helps people break bad habits and has also worked with Billy Joel and Courteney Cox. In a two-hour session costing $65, Shubentsov, who has no formal medical training, employs something called 'bio-energetics,' which involves waving his hands over a client while exhaling loudly. Afterwards the client is supposedly free of addiction. Barrymore can't explain it, but insists, 'Whatever it is, it works!'", People Magazine, May 21, '01 |
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| • | quit - "Actress Drew Barrymore also credits Yefim with ending her smoking habit. 'It's so cool. I've gone three months now. I went to the Mad Russian and whatever it is that he does it works.", USA Today, Jul. 11, '01
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| • | "Drew was smoking at age 9 and boozing shortly thereafter. 'Then, I thought if I could smoke and drink, I could also use drugs'. She starting smoking marijuana at 10", Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Oct. 19, '01 |
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| • | "Drew Barrymore blowing smoke rings and drinking beer at the Whiskey Bar in Los Angeles's Sunset Marquis Hotel", US Weekly, Jan. 21, '02, p. 28 |
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| • | quit - "now smoke-free", Daily Express (UK), Mar. 12, '02 |
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| • | "What on earth has happened to Drew Barrymore? The actress looked far from her usual stunning self as she shopped at the Barney's Of New York department store in Beverly Hills this week. Drew was obviously so enthused by her shopping trip that she had to step outside and light a cigarette", The Mirror (3am gossip column) (UK), Jul. 27, '02 |
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| • | "Quieter nights, according to Barrymore, usually consist of 'a glass of red wine, a Fassbinder film, and a pack of cigarettes'", InStyle Magazine, Feb. '03 |
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| • | "She started drinking and smoking at age 9, was smoking marijuana at 10 and was snorting cocaine by the time she turned 12.", National Enquirer, Mar. 26, '03 |
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| • | "Sometimes I just need someone to think about when I'm walking down the street, to love, to separate myself from a group of people and take a deep breath and look at the stars while smoking a cigarette and think about", "Q: There are three packs of unopened cigarettes on your coffee table -- when did you first start smoking? Drew: When I was nine. I never smoke at work. There this part of me that loves watching 'Friends', having drinks and cigarettes. Sometimes when I get home I just want to having a drink and a cigarette and watch something funny", Movieline Magazine, Mar./Apr. '03, pgs. 54, 90 |
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| • | "I really wanted was to be at a concert, smoking a cigarette, singing my head off, running around with my tongue out, wearing an Iron Maiden badge ... I'm so crazy and I want to make this film and that film and sit up all night typing and smoking and drinking red wine", Elle (UK), Apr. '03 |
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| • | "at Wednesday night's Hollywood premiere of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle ... During the performance, Demi Moore squeezed between Ashton Kutcher's legs, while Drew Barrymore, her boyfriend stranded in New York, smoked cigarettes and rested her head on the shoulder of co-star Justin Theroux", USA Today, Jun. 20, '03 |
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| • | "At the reception Barrymore mingles easily, a drink and a cigarette in hand. Yes, she still drinks and smokes, but only in moderation", Vanity Fair, Jun. '03, p. 218 |
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| • | "She says she can't remember the last time she worked out in a gym. She says her only vice these days is a pack of cigarettes a day", Evening Gazette (UK), Aug. 16, '03 |
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| • | "In her car on the way home, Barrymore smokes a cigarette with the window down. ... She is laughing now, the angst gone as quickly as the cigarette. ... Barrymore exhales the last of the smoke into the wet city air.", Elle, Jan. '04
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| • | "I also knew there were meant to be myriad other genuine stars sharing in the free Long Island Iced Teas, among them, Drew Barrymore, who is romancing another Strokes member. She I recognised. Drew is a multi-tasker - the only person I have witnessed smoking and blowing bubble gum all at the same time", The Independent (UK), May 25, '04 |
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| • | says she smokes socially, when she seems unwilling to give any more detail, Dave estimates that she might smoke 1 cigarette every 6 weeks, Drew agrees with the estimate but has a very guilty obvious facial expression (hinting that she smokes more often then once every 6 weeks), The Late Show with David Letterman, Sep. 10, '04 |
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| • | "'I started smoking cigarettes when I was nine and a half', she recalls. 'Then, I thought if I could smoke and drink I could also use drugs'", The Express (UK), Dec. 1, '04 |
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| • | "The nine-year-old Drew and her friend both managed to smuggle in some cigarettes. Their stash was equivalent to a whole packet's worth. The pair promptly locked themselves in the bathroom and smoked every contraband stick. ... Drew continued to smoke illicitly at home and she smoked regularly from then on ... 'I was smoking constantly and doing everything I could to be bad', Drew said. 'It wasn't long before I began thinking, 'Well, if I smoke cigarettes, I can drink. All I thought about was drinking and smoking' ... Jaid was present during this administration exercise and was not only horrified by Drew's chain-smoking - she was dumbstruck when she heard her daughter had progressed from cigarettes to cocaine ... the summer of 1986 actually proved most enjoyable for the actress, who had regular sneaky cigarettes ... John Barrymore II asked to see Drew at a Los Angeles restaurant. They sat down together, shared a cigarette and had a chat. ... Drew was at her happiest with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. ... 'I've got a really deep, raspy voice,' she says, a result of her two- packs-a-day cigarette habit. ... Drew had given up smoking just three weeks earlier ... Drew started smoking again in 2003, and she drinks in moderation", "Drew Barrymore: The Biography" by Bryony Sutherland, '04 |
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| • | quit - "But she'll keep holding on to the Brazilian-born Moretti. These days they have the occasional squabble-she quit smoking, he's, well, not there yet.", People Magazine, Apr. 25, '05 |
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| • | quit - "and through it all chatters away about how she quit smoking a month ago," Vogue, Apr. '05
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| • | "Drew Barrymore, behaved like a drunken sailor at a recent Mets game - drinking, smoking and cussing up a storm in front of an appalled family, claims one former fan of the actress. Michael Delvecchio, who was in an adjacent luxury box with friends and family, fumes: 'Her image is of this sweet, down-to-earth girl, but she was the exact opposite. When someone in our group recognized her and smiled, she just rolled her eyes. She was drinking and smoking like a chimney with her boyfriend [the Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti] and their friends, so we asked the security guard to tell her to put out her cigarette because there were young children present, but she just kept on doing it. Suddenly she stormed into our suite with a lit cigarette and berated one of my friends in front of his young daughter for taking a picture of her. Thankfully, one of the stadium staff kicked her out of our box.' Barrymore shoots back in a statement to PAGE SIX: 'The family making this claim were constantly taking pictures of me. And I politely asked them to stop, so that the people I was with would not be bothered. And now they are making claims about my behavior, which is outrageous. This family obviously has a chip on their shoulder and another thought should not be wasted on this'", New York Post (Page Six gossip column), Aug. 29, '05 |
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| • | "She was drinking and smoking like a chimney with her boyfriend (the Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti) and their friends, so we asked the security guard to tell her to put out her cigarette because there were young children present, but she just kept on doing it. Suddenly she stormed into our suite with a lit cigarette and berated one of my friends in front of his young daughter for taking a picture of her", New Kerala (India), Aug. 30, '05
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| • | "We're sitting on the patio at Dominick's ... It is one of those places in L.A. where people go if they like to enjoy a few cigarettes with their dinner, and Barrymore is doing just that. Occasionally her mouth forms an O, and she sends a perfectly round smoke ring spinning off into the dark above her head", Vogue, Feb. '06 |
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| • | "Friday night was at Double Happiness in Soho ... I was in line for the bathroom with my boyfriend when the back exit opens and who is on the steps smoking and chatting with pals...none other than Drew Barrymore and Fabrizio", Gawker.com, Mar. 10, '06
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| • | "We [says Courtney Love, about Drew Barrymore and her] met in a bathroom, smoking. I was 19 and she was, like, 8.", The Times (UK), Nov. 9, '06
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| • | "Gal pals Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore enjoy some 'herbal cigarettes' while on vacation together in Hawaii.", Perezhilton, Feb. 25, '07
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| • | "The close pals and Charlie's Angels co-stars were spotted sharing a rolled up smoke on the Hawaiian island, with pictures by Splash News Agency supporting the claim. Drew passed the ciggie to Cameron, 34, who checked the coast was clear before taking a long drag", National Ledger, Feb. 26, '07
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| • | "lights the first of many cigarettes ... she says with a sardonic smile and a Heathers-like drag on a cigarette ... she lights a last cigarette", Harper's Bazaar, Feb. '07
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| • | "Drew Barrymore was sitting with a guy and a girl. She had just lit a cigarette and looked really content (but who isn't after a meal at Dom's?).", iVillage.com, May 25, '07
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| • | "She is a sociable and extremely fun smoker and drinker, but you will never see her at the clubs staked out by the paparazzi", Vogue, Mar. '08
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| • | "Drew Barrymore, flirting with a mystery man all night at an afterparty for Saturday Night Live at Wildwood Barbeque. The actress ... made friends with Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick, who loaned Barrymore his lighter. After her smoke break, Barrymore headed back inside", People, Sep. 23, '08
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| • | "Eva Mendes, Drew Barrymore and Lauren Hutton made for a glamazon trifecta, huddled together smoking outside next to the pool", Huffington Post, Jan. 12, '09
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| • | "At first three or four squirrels visited Drew when she went outside for a cigarette break - she called them Luke, Fab and Spike after a trio of her ex-boyfriends. But now more than a dozen flock to her each day.", website, Feb. 8, '09
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| • | "But Drew Barrymore does hit the town and she seems so much more down-to-earth. ... I have seen her right out here on the patio, sucking on a beer and smoking a cigarette", Metromix, Mar. 25, '09
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| • | "'They were smoking and smiling and laughing,' an onlooker tells OK! of the twosome, who had just stopped at a deli around 11 p.m", OK! magazine, Jul. 14, '09
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| • | quit - "According to smoke-free.ca, Drew had described herself as a 'smokaholic' and declared that 'it's disgusting. It's awful. But I love it!' She even went to the extent of saying that she loved everything about smoking. She was quoted as saying: 'I love smoking! I love the first one in the morning, I love the last one before I go to bed and every one in between. If I could, I would smoke and eat at the same time.' But later on, with the side effects smoking was having on her health and mind, Drew finally decided to quit smoking. The 'Charlie's Angels' star claims to have found a 'balance' in her life with the help of hypnosis. She professes that she has managed to kick a two to three pack a day habit that she had had since her teens. The star who smoked when she was 10 admits she's 'still struggling' with it. But now, she is determined to carry on the battle till the end.", Celebrities-with-diseases, Nov. 15, '09
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