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| • | "[from memory] When I came upon Valerie, she was sitting, calmly smoking a cigarette... when suddenly, she crushed out the butt in panic, and said 'please don't write that I smoke.'", TV Guide, c. '78 |
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| • | quit - "CALLER: Second question, are you still a smoker? I read a few years ago that you were. Ms. BERTINELLI: No, no, I found out a few years ago that I have asthma, and I- I stopped smoking immediately, and it's been a good four years now I haven't touched it. I'm working on my husband now, but I think that's a lost cause.", Larry King Live (CNN), Mar. 27, '90 |
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| • | quit - "I don't smoke", Politically Incorrect, Feb. 21, '97 |
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| • | "she also sat down for an interview with Playboy, where, sipping a daiquiri and smoking a cigarette", Boston Globe, Aug. 5, '06
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| • | in her new autobiography, Valerie only mentions having smoked once, citing a poolside evening smoking cigarettes with her husband and a couple of other people. She mentions alcohol, pot and cocaine a few times, primarily in passing. It's a good book, but contains very little juicy gossip, "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time" by Valerie Bertinelli, '08 |
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| • | quit - "Valerie quit smoking after being diagnosed with asthma.", Associated Content, Dec. 2, '09
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