Female Celebrity Smoking List - Cho

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Margaret Cho

Has smoked "in real life" (IRL) = Yes

Profession = actress/comedian

Cigar/Cigarette Brand

	•	Capri, "I was able to easily procure alcohol and cigarettes by the age of 10. There was this shady fellow who owned a liquor store just a few blocks from where I grew up. He sold bottles of Bacardi 151 with a pink screw top cap to minors, and all the Capri's and Virginia Slims you could smoke", website, Aug. 18, '04
	•	Virginia Slims, "I was able to easily procure alcohol and cigarettes by the age of 10. There was this shady fellow who owned a liquor store just a few blocks from where I grew up. He sold bottles of Bacardi 151 with a pink screw top cap to minors, and all the Capri's and Virginia Slims you could smoke", website, Aug. 18, '04

Miscellaneous information

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is trying to quit, The Late Late Show w/ Tom Snyder, c. Apr. '96

Proof she has smoked (or quit) "in real life"

	•	sighting in San Francisco, netizen, c. '90-'91
	•	AP, '95
	•	quit - "In 1994 Margaret Cho wanted to quit smoking. 'So basically Iquit cigarettes by doing a lot of pot brownies and special K.'", TheAdvocate, '99
	•	quit - "We did a film together called 'It's My Party,' and she [Olivia Newton-John] inspired me to quit smoking. She said (with a high-pitched Australian accent) 'Oh, just quit. Just don't do it anymore.' I really adore her.", Frontiersweb, '00
	•	quit - she quit due to her voice, "I'm the One That I Want" by Margaret Cho, '01
	•	netizen sighting, c. '01
	•	"Don't let the age restrictions fool you. I was able to easily procure alcohol and cigarettes by the age of 10. There was this shady fellow who owned a liquor store just a few blocks from where I grew up. He sold bottles of Bacardi 151 with a pink screw top cap to minors, and all the Capri's and Virginia Slims you could smoke. I am not sure why I had such secretary taste in my choice of intoxicants, but thank God I left those worldly 'pleasures' behind at a reasonably early age.", website, Aug. 18, '04
	•	"Q: Essential to life: coffee, vodka, cigarettes, chocolate, or . . .? A: I would say all of the above -- and lots of it", Press Democrat, Mar. 14, '08

TV/Movies she smokes in: