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| • | "A huge roll-up cigarette last night sparked new fears about rebel superstar Charlotte Church. The 16-year-old singing sensation - who shot to fame with the album Voice Of An Angel - was snapped puffing away outside her boyfriend's house. When he saw the photo, Charlotte's stepdad James, 38, said: 'It looks like a cigarette to me - she wouldn't be smoking anything else out in the street' ... Charlotte was spotted calmly stepping out of Johnson's house with the large hand-made smoke. Wearing a figure-hugging red top and scruffy blue jogging pants, she took two heavy drags in quick succession", The Sun (UK), Oct. 17, '02
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| • | "Millionaire Charlotte has been spotted canoodling with love rat Steven Johnson, 18, in a Cardiff club. ... Charlotte was smoking but shedidn't have a drink", The Mirror (UK), Oct. 17, '02 |
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| • | "Charlotte the scruffy smoker ignites new row over boyfriend. Hair scraped back, wearing shapeless grey jogging bottoms and a tight red top, she draws heavily on a cigarette as she leaves her boyfriends house.", "Last night, a spokeman for Charlotte said the cigarette she was smoking was not a roll up. It was was a menthol cigarette - they are from America so they have a white tip and are longer", w/pic, Daily Mail (UK), Oct. 18, '02
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| • | "This week, singing sensation Charlotte Church was photographed leaving an ordinary terraced house in the rundown docks area of her homecity, Cardiff. The girl who shot to fame with the album Voice Of An Angel -sweeter than Shirley Temple, more scrubbed than Aled Jones and so wholesome she is even named after a house of God - is smoking a cigarette. And not just any cigarette. It looks like a home-made roll-up - and an unusually long one at that. If it were anyone else, you would think she was smoking a joint. Even though it's probably just a cigarette, the image will shock the singer's devoted followers. Charlotte shot to stardom because she appealed to a generation of older fans who saw her as the antidote to everything they didn't like about the modern world. Virginal Charlotte didn't drink, smoke, swear or have sex - how could she, when she was only 12? And what of her career? Cigarettes and angelic voices are not a sensible mix. Of course you do not assist a great voice by smoking but a few cigarettes won't hurt. The whole family smoke and I would only be concerned if she started chain-smoking", The Express (UK), Oct. 18, '02 |
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| • | "Charlotte was wearing a plain top, jogging pants and, more tellingly, was smoking a cigarette", Daily Mail (UK), Oct. 19, '02 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church, now 16 and in a mighty Kevin the Teenager-style strop, has been photographed smoking an enormous cigarette. She has clearly fallen under the influence of her boyfriend Steven Johnson, an 18-year-oldrap DJ who spends his time mooching around Cardiff's Tiger Bay", Sunday Times (UK), Oct. 20, '02 |
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| • | "Now Charlotte's 16, worth millions, smoking like a chimney, has an unsuitable boyfriend and is driving her mum nuts", Evening Standard (UK), Oct. 22, '02 |
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| • | "The latest young star seemingly to have fallen from the pedestal of purity is Charlotte Church, who was photographed leaving her boyfriend'shouse early one morning, smoking a cigarette", Daily Telegraph (UK), Oct. 23, '02 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church ditched her squeaky clean image by looking scruffy and smoking a long cigarette as she left the home of her rap DJ boyfriendSteven Johnson", The Sun (UK), Oct. 23, '02 |
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| • | "She was wearing a plain top, jogging pants and, tellingly, was smoking a cigarette", Sunday Mail (UK), Oct. 27, '02 |
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| • | text announcing that Church has started smoking, Now magazine (UK), Oct. 30, '02 |
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| • | "Charlotte has turned her pure-as-snow image on its head. She was recently spotted leaving the home of her 18-year-old rap DJ boyfriend StevenJohnson with a large roll-up cigarette", The Mirror (UK), Nov. 1, '02 |
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| • | "it is a world away from how the 16-year-old singer was pictured only last month - hair scraped back, sloppily dressed and drawing on a cigarette - as she left the home of her boyfriend in Cardiff", Daily Mail (UK), Nov. 9, '02
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| • | "She describes him as her 'bit of rough' and was recently seen leaving his terrace house in the back streets of Cardiff smoking a cigarette", Daily Mail (UK), Nov. 11, '02 |
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| • | "smoking Welsh songbird Charlotte Church...toking a fag", Daily Star (UK), Nov. 11, '02
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| • | "She was recently pictured puffing on a cigarette", The Express (UK), Nov. 11, '02 |
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| • | "Church's bad girl image has recently been boosted by photos of her leaving Steve's flophouse smoking a fag", Birmingham Post (UK), Nov. 14, '02 |
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| • | "neighbours are now used to seeing Charlotte coming and going and often - horror of horrors - puffing on a cigarette", Sunday Express (UK), Nov. 17, '02 |
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| • | quit - "After photographs were taken of her with a cigarette, Church said she 'got a lot of hassle for it. I don't smoke and as soon as my mother found out, she went mad. My whole family just went what are you doing? you're a singer'. So I stopped straight away because I knew my life was in danger - from my family that is'", Liverpool Daily Post (UK), Nov. 23, '02 |
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| • | quit - "She admitted trying smoking recently but stopped after pressure from home. 'I was just trying it that's what 16-year-olds do,' she said.'But I got a lot of hassle and my mother warned me so I stopped'", Daily Mail (UK), Nov. 23, '02 |
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| • | quit - "Voice Of An Angel star Charlotte also tells how The Sun stopped her smoking - after she was shamed by our picture of her with a cigarette. I got a lot of hassle. I stopped straight away because my life was in danger - from my family that is! I was trying it because that's what 16-year-olds do. It's hard, it's confusing being a teenager'", The Sun (UK), Nov. 23, '02 |
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| • | "P: Uhmm, you told me about your granddad smoking there, there-s been a thing in the papers about you smoking recently? C: Yeah, I know. P: Are you smoking? C: No, no, I got a lot of hassle for it because I mean... I don't smoke! As soon as my mother found out she went mad. My whole family just went 'what are you doing, you are a singer....' and all this, and uhhm. So I stopped straight away because I knew my life was in danger....from my family that is...*Everybody laughs* C: And so uhmm, and so, I mean I was just trying, that's what sixteen years old do. I mean, at least I'm not doing the whole showbiz star thing and doing all that kind of stuff.", where?, Nov. 23, '02
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| • | "Charlotte claims she will kick her ciggie habit", Daily Star (UK), Nov. 28, '02 |
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| • | quit - "Charlotte was also pictured in one national newspaper smoking a cigarette. In a recent TV interview she said she had kicked the habit", Liverpool Daily Post (UK), Nov. 29, '02 |
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| • | "She took up smoking recently", The Express (UK), Nov. 29, '02 |
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| • | "Charlotte reportedly 'sacked' her mother Maria as her manager. She has been going off her head over her daughter's liaison and her sudden smoking habit", The Sun (UK), Nov. 30, '02 |
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| • | "And her teenage rebellion has taken the form of cigarettes (not good for the voice)", BBC News, Dec. 1, '02
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| • | quit - "What is she? A pounds 15m one-woman music empire. A girl in crisis. The 'Angel' who went to teenage hell. Cheeky lady who likes 'a bit of rough' (her words for boyfriend Steven Johnson). A smoker. Now a non-smoker", The Independent (UK), Dec. 1, '02 |
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| • | "her mother gives her daughter the thrill of smoking the occasional cigarette", The Observer (UK), Dec. 1, '02 |
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| • | "A lot has also been made of Charlotte smoking. But isn't it natural for a teenager to experiment? She is hardly a chain-smoker and her voice, despite speculation, gets better and better", Express (UK), Dec. 1, '02 |
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| • | "It is a vital time for the 16-year-old singer, who has clashed with her family over her love for bad boy Steven Johnson and been pictured smoking outside his house", The Sun (UK), Dec. 2, '02 |
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| • | "The teenager, who made her fortune with her 'voice of an angel' (when she was 12) has been swearing, smoking", South Wales Echo, Dec. 14, '02 |
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| • | "has been seen smoking, but claims she stopped after it sparked a family row", Daily Express (UK), Jan. 2, '03 |
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| • | "has recently been seen smoking, but claims to have quit the habit after the issue sparked a family row", Daily Mail (UK), Jan. 2, '03
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| • | Charlotte repeatedly lit up as she relaxed on a beach in Hawaii while on a concert tour of the United States, The Sun (UK), Apr. 9, '03 |
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| • | "But smoking is also reclaiming a 'sophisticated' and 'cool' reputation as pop idols such as Britney Spears and Charlotte Church are snapped cigarette in hand.", The Western Mail, Apr. 24, '03
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| • | "she has been spotted puffing on a cigarette, and says her parents have 'brainwashed' her into not touching her trust fund. Now, Charlotte Church, the teenage singer, has turned her back on a role in the big-budget film of The Phantom of the Opera because the makers want her to lose weight ... 'They're saying even if I want to audition, I've got to lose a few pounds. So I said, fuck off'", The Scotsman (UK), May 8, '03 |
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| • | "She has already started smoking, run away from home, fallen out with her mother over her boyfriend", The Express (UK), May 10, '03 |
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| • | "Regardless of the recent media backlash against Charlotte's smoking, (she is to quit soon) her rebellious outfits and her supposed bad boy boyfriend, her star seems in the ascendant", Western Mail (UK), May 10, '03 |
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| • | "Yes I do smoke about 5 cigarrets a day", Sunday Times (Style Magazine), May 11, '03 |
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| • | "The girl with the heavenly voice has grown up - smoking, swearing and criticising fellow celebrities...'Some people get really fanatical, they only eat certain things, for example. I don't want to live life like that...Like J-Lo. Although she's amazing and gorgeous, she works out three hours a day, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink and doesn't eat certain things. That sounds really boring to me. I want to live...I won't let my career affect the way I live my life...And I haven't. People tell me this is stupid and immature, They say, 'This is your job, you've got to be responsible, play the game. Don't smoke in public'. But I won't play the game. It's not going to make me change the pattern of my life'", Mail on Sunday (Night & Day magazine) (UK), Jun. 1, '03 |
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| • | "enjoying a brief cigarette break", Contactmusic News, Jun. 4, '03
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| • | "It is probably just as well Maria Church stayed away from the premiere of her daughter's first film. Had she turned up to the screening of I'll Be There, 37-year-old Maria would have seen Charlotte enjoying the two loves which have set mother and daughter at odds - Marlboro cigarettes and Charlotte's boyfriend, part-time DJ Steven Johnson. She is prepared to overlook the cigarettes - but not the teenaged boyfriend. ... Watching her daughter and Johnson together at the premiere on Sunday night would not have eased Maria's concerns. When a radiant 17-year-old Charlotte wasn't puffing on a cigarette at the aftershow party she was gazing into Johnson's eyes", The Mirror (UK), Jun. 11, '03 |
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| • | "she was seen staggering around a nightclub, wine glass in one hand and cigarette in the other", Daily Mail (UK), Jun. 12, '03
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| • | "She was later seen staggering around London's Teatro club, a cigarette in one hand and a wineglass in the other, with her part-time DJ boyfriend Steven Johnson", The Express (UK), Jun. 13, '03 |
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| • | "After dinner with her mum, 37, at trendy Soho House, Charlotte made her excuses and rolled into swanky bar SO.UK SO.HO to party with Steven, 19. One reveller said: 'She was smoking and snogging her boyfriend. She clearly likes to have a good time'", Daily Star (UK), Jun. 13, '03 |
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| • | "By 3am the Welsh star was clearly the worse for wear, stumbling about, puffing away on ciggies and making numerous trips to the ladies' loos with a pal", w/pic dangling, The Mirror (UK), Jun. 13, '03 |
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| • | "she was chain-smoking and knocking back glasses of seabreezes", The Sun (UK), Jun. 13, '03
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| • | "At a party after a film premiere she was seen chain smoking and lashing into the booze", Sunday Mirror (UK), Jun. 15, '03 |
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| • | "She is honest about the fact that she smokes five cigarettes a day - perhaps an unlikely habit for someone whose career is built round a fabulous voice. 'My nan smokes, my grandpa smokes, my mum smokes, my aunty smokes... everyone in my family smokes,' she says. 'When they found out I was smoking, it was: 'Oh, my God, you are so stupid. How many times have we told you?' I said: 'But you smoke too and you are not giving up''", Daily Mirror (UK), Jun. 16, '03
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| • | "Charlotte can't legally be served in pubs until February but says she loves boozing and smoking. 'I adore vodka and Red Bull. My family had a big barbecue and I got drunk. The party was OK but alcohol makes everything seem so much better'. Charlotte was seen staggering round London club Teatro drinking wine and smoking cigarettes after the premiere in the West End and fell over drunk as she left and had to be picked up by bouncers.", Daily Star (UK), Jun. 19, '03 |
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| • | "I've seen some strange things in my time, but the sight of Charlotte Church, 'voice of an angel', and Marilyn Manson, 'Satanist rocker', sitting together on a sofa has to rank among the strangest...And as if things couldn't get wierder, it is 17-year-old Charlotte who is puffing on a cigarette while Manson...sits daintily sipping a cup of tea....claims to [Jonathan] Ross that she has cut down on smoking, hides away from the camera so that she can have a cigarette. [Simon] Cowell, rather naughtily, keeps offering her more...standing in the corner, smoking another cigarette", Daily Mail (Weekend magazine) (UK), Jun. 21, '03 |
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| • | "Charlotte has a cig and makes phone call from balcony", w/pic, The Sun (UK), Jun. 30, '03
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| • | "Oh God, I've gotta have a fag (Rakes in handbag, pulls out 20 Berkeley's, begins puffing away). That time when I was supposed to be smoking a spliff in the street, that was a Berkeley's...", "Last year's 'scandalous' cigarette photograph was a set-up, she says, a friend insisting they go to the shops, fags in hand, past a suddenly arrived white van", "She spends every penny of her 150 pounds weekly allowance and it's all she needs - fags, food, bit of booze", "If I didn't have my family, she says, stubbing out her fag (she'll be giving up 'soon')", The Face Magazine, Jun. '03 |
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| • | "She looked modest and refined...until she hit puberty. Now she smokes, has a bit-of-rough boyfriend and wears bad-taste T-shirts, including 'My Barbie is a Crack Whore'", Sunday Express (UK), Jul. 6, '03 |
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| • | "Church told by boyfriend to quit smoking...According to Britain's New! magazine, badboy DJ Stephen Johnson is also adamant Church quits smoking because he hates her 'ciggie breath'...The Welshman has now offered the 18-year-old beauty an ultimatum - she must quit the cigarettes and the showbiz parties, or he'll split with her for good. A source close to Charlotte says, 'She was gutted last week after he finished with her yet again - this time over her smoking addiction. Steven has given up, which is something Charlotte can't do. He hates her ciggie breath and has said, 'It's the cigs or me'", Teenmusic website, Jul. 16, '03
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| • | "Charlotte Church is facing more misery after her boyfriend warned her to quit smoking, or fag-et him. Rap DJ Steven Johnson has threatened to dump the Voice of an Angel singer if she doesn't quit her packet-a-day habit. The Goss can reveal Steven has told the 17-year-old he'll be gone in a puff of smoke because he hates her 'ciggie breath'. A source close to Charlotte said: 'They split recently over her smoking and Charlotte was gutted. He's given up - which is something she can't do. He's told her: It's the cigs or me' ... Last month, Charlotte was spotted staggering round London club Teatro drinking wine and smoking cigarettes after a West End premiere'", Daily Star (The Goss gossip column) (UK), Jul. 17, '03 |
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| • | "Singer Charlotte Church has been told to stub out her cigarette habit by boyfriend Steven Johnson. The teenage millionaire is reported to smoke 20 a day and Johnson has had enough.", ITV Network Limited, Jul. 17, '03
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| • | "The singer has denied ruining her voice with over-use or smoking cigarettes. She said, 'I learnt from a young age. I hardly even practise every day. I try not to sing songs that are too hard to sing'", The Times (UK), Jul. 25, '03 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church finds the heatwave a bit of a drag - as she relaxes on her balcony and lights a cigarette", The Mirror (UK), Aug. 9, '03 |
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| • | "Her smoking and public bust-ups with her mother have made Charlotte Church Britain's best-known teenage rebel", Daily Mail (UK), Aug. 11, '03
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| • | "Despite her failure to quit smoking, Charlotte Church, 17, is being considered as the advertising face of the anti-smoking firm Nicorette, whose products aim to help people to kick the habit. They are keen to recruit the singer for their newest campaign - she has tried to give up smoking, but has repeatedly been seen lighting up. Says my well-placed contact: 'Despite the flop of her film debut I'll Be There, she is now the most famous smoking teen in Britain'", Daily Mail (UK), Aug. 27, '03 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church missed most of the MOBOs to indulge in her passion - chainsmoking. The singer hammered away at her Voice of an Angel with cancer sticks throughout the ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall. But because there was a smoking ban inside the magnificent venue, Charlotte had to spend most of her time puffing away like a chimney outside. A guest spotted the Welsh wonder hiding in a corner outside the main auditorium as she relished her fags. He told us: 'She was smoking quickly and repeatedly - you could see the yellow stains on her fingertips. It seemed as if she stood there all the time'", Daily Star (UK), Sep. 27, '03 |
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| • | "'I'm not ashamed to say I'm the proudest mother in the world. We don't like her smoking and drinking but she is not lying drunk in gutters or taking drugs', said Charlotte's mom, Maria", Sunday Mirror (UK), Sep. 28, '03 |
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| • | "The respected documentary film-maker Chris Terrill has been following the singer for the past 6 months for a warts and all film, which will be shown on BBC1. ... Talking about her treatment by the tabloid press, Terrill said, 'Charlotte hasn't said no to anything - she's very honest ... she likes going clubbing, smoking and has a boyfriend her mother doesn't approve of'.", Radio Times (UK), Nov. 8-14, '03 |
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| • | "she was photographed smoking and drinking in public", Sunday Mirror (UK), Dec. 7, '03
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| • | "The pair have a volatile relationship, which saw Charlotte go off the rails, boozing, partying, and even smoking", Daily Express (UK), Dec. 8, '03 |
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| • | "She could be any other teenager getting over a lost love puffing on a cigarette and texting her pals. But with a £16 million fortune behind her, singing star Charlotte Church can afford to do her recovery in style in the Caribbean. Charlotte, 17, hit the beach on the island of St Lucia with a girlfriend and some holiday necessities a book, mobile phone, sarong and cigarettes", Scottish Daily Record (UK), Jan. 1, '04
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| • | "The 17-year-old singer went off with a girlfriend to St Lucia. She splashed around in the sea before retiring to her sun lounger. There, she smoked a cigarette and sent New Year text messages to her friends back home", Daily Mail (UK), Jan. 1, '04 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church seems to care little for her precious vocal cords as she puffs on a cigarette while taking time out in the Caribbean", The Sun (UK), Jan. 1, '04
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| • | "Steven Johnson became known as her bit of rough and, once with him, Charlotte began smoking and enjoying nights fuelled by vodka and Red Bull", The Express (UK), Jan. 24, '04 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church celebrated her 18th birthday with a boozy 10-hour party marathon that finally staggered to a bleary end at 7am yesterday. ... 1:30 am: Clutching a glass of champagne and chain-smoking she smiled seductively as she and Kyle kissed on the dance floor", Sunday Mirror (UK), Feb. 22, '04 |
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| • | "is seeing a hypnotist in a last-gasp bid to save her voice from ciggies. The 18-year-old started sessions after suffering a bad cough for a YEAR...She started smoking two years ago and was puffing 20 menthol fags a day when she lived with ex-boyfriend", w/pic, The Sun (UK), Mar. 25, '04
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| • | "'The papers never wrote anything bad about Charlotte. I was blamed for everything, like her smoking. It was wrong - really it was all her', said Charlotte Church's ex-boyfriend Steven Johnson", Wales on Sunday (UK), Apr. 11, '04 |
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| • | "Charlotte smokes and swears like a trooper during the documentary. She laughs and admits: 'I've been smoking throughout this whole film'", The Sun (UK), Apr. 20, '04
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| • | "She has the voice of an angel but soprano Charlotte Church, 18, has proved she's anything but. She has grown into an outspoken, drinking, smoking party girl who likes to date bad boys", Daily Mirror (UK), Apr. 22, '04
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| • | "'We all fell in love with her when she was 12 because she was this angelic child, and we like innocence to be a perpetual thing. But when she started growing up, having boyfriends, having sex, smoking, and doing all the things angels aren't supposed to do', said film-maker Chris Terrill, who spent twelve months with the singing sensation as she approached 18", Liverpool Daily Post, Apr. 24, '04 |
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| • | "Talking of the fly-on-the-wall show, her mother Maria says: 'Charlotte swears and smokes a bit too much in the programme for my liking'", The Mirror (UK), Apr. 24, '04 |
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| • | "The documentary starts with two of the things that hardcore Charlotte fans hate - her smoking and drinking. 'It's so fucking annoying ... sorry', says the 18-year-old as her mother chastises her for swearing. But get used to it - she smokes, drinks, swears, and has a boyfriend", Western Mail (Australia), Apr. 24, '04 |
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| • | "She has even been going to great lengths to give up smoking", Daily Express (UK), May 29, '04 |
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| • | "The full explosion came hours later at the fashionable Funky Buddha nightclub in the West End. Holed up in the VIP room, chain-smoking Charlotte clung to her man as they sat together on a couch", Daily Record (UK), May 29, '04 |
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| • | "When she was told she could only audition for a film if she lost weight, she said: 'Fuck off'. Her musical abilities have also been called into question. Classical experts have warned that her early success may have ruined her soprano voice by straining the vocal cords while the Sony source claims Charlotte's smoking has also caused some damage", The Mirror (UK), May 31, '04 |
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| • | "Since she turned 16, there have been more tantrums, spats with her mother over her 'unsuitable' boyfriends, smoking and boozing binges...Classical experts have warned that her early success may have ruined her soprano voice by straining the vocal cords while the Sony source claims Charlotte's smoking has also caused some damage", Daily Mirror (UK), May 31, '04
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| • | "Arms in the air and energetically wiggling her bottom - rear of the year, lest we forget - against the wall behind her, on this occasion the 'voice of an angel' is shouting song lyrics, breaking off from her determined boogying only to light a cigarette or pour another drink...On the table, Marlboro Lights burned continually in the ashtrays...the Marlboro Lights burning once more", Daily Mail (UK), Jul. 24, '04 |
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| • | "It has been some week for Charlotte Church. Dhe and her five best mates will need another holiday to recover from the past seven days of nonstop partying on the island of Ibiza, the clubbing capital of the Mediterranean. We've seen them giggling in the surf in skimpy bikinis, poured into raunchy outfits, downing vodka and cigarettes aplenty", The Express (UK), Jul. 24, '04 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church who confessed to me 'I've been really hammered. Cigarettes and alcohol have ruined my voice this week. I can't believe I'm in the VIP room having to sponge fags off people because mine have been nicked. But I'm having a wicked time. I've been getting drunk a lot but why shouldn't I?", Sunday Mirror (UK), Jul. 25, '04 |
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| • | "was spotted chain-smoking at her 18th birthday bash. Experts warn her smoking may have caused damage to her vocal cords", Sunday Mirror (UK), Aug. 1, '04
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| • | "The boozy, brainy, booby, feisty, fag-toking, minted good-time girl", Daily Star (UK), Aug. 5, '04
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| • | "even had to cancel a photo shoot after a week of drinking binges, fast food and fags", News of the World (UK), Aug. 8, '04
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| • | "At the GQ Men of the Year Awards party at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, the singer joined other guests for the after-show party at the trendy Kabaret Club. As she arrived, she gave photographers a gesture that was definitely unladylike - a single-finger salute. By now, she had started to slur her words and was chain-smoking, but continued ordering drinks. At one stage, she quaffed Dom Perignon champagne from the bottle.", Daily Mail (UK), Sep. 9, '04
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| • | "Likes to snuggle up to her boyfriend, have a drink and a fag...But doesn't any 18-year-old?", Sunday Mirror (UK), Sep. 12, '04 |
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| • | "'She had a good time in Ibiza but knows she smoked too much and ate and drank a lot more than usual', said her mum Maria", The Mirror (UK), Sep. 28, '04 |
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| • | "the clean-cut child prodigy turned to boys, booze and fags...smokes, swears and trips sometimes in high heels when she's had too much to drink...For a picture of Charlotte smoking a cigarette, thousands could change hands...drank alcohol with her friends, smoked, danced, partied...lights a cigarette...exhaling a long, sibilant line of smoke...stubbing out her cigarette", Sunday Times (magazine section) (UK), Oct. 3, '04
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| • | "I'll quit ciggies. The 18-year-old Voice of an Angel star - who vowed this week to quit singing if her next album flops - wants to wean herself off completely without nicotine patches or gum. A family friend said: 'Charlotte has done really well. In the last month she has got down to just a couple of fags a day. She used to smoke like a chimney - soon she will quit completely. She is very determined and now she has made her mind up, she'll do it'. Charlotte has regularly been snapped lighting up - including on a boozy summer holiday in Ibiza. She said then: 'Cigarettes and alcohol have ruined my voice.' She started smoking two years ago when dating bad-boy Steven Johnson", w/three pics, The Sun (UK), Oct. 5, '04
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| • | "No Smoke In This Church. Ciggie-smoking singer Charlotte Church has vowed to give up nicotine to save her voice. The opera-turned dance star is already down from chuffing on 30-a-day to five. But to make sure her money-making voice isn't irreparably damaged, the 18-year-old is determined to stub out the habit completely. A family friend told The Sun: 'Charlotte has done really well. In the last month she has got down to just a couple of fags a day. She used to smoke like a chimney, soon she will quit completely. She is very determined and now she has made her mind up, she'll do it'. Charlotte has tried to give up smoking before under pressure from her disapproving mum, Maria. But maybe tut-tuts from boyfriend Kyle Johnson, 19, who also hates her smoking, will see her finally end the habit", Sky News (UK), Oct. 5, '04
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| • | "Teen soprano CHARLOTTE CHURCH has vowed to quit smoking over fears that the filthy habit will ruin her voice. The Welsh singer, 18, has managed to cut down her 30-a-day habit down to five-a-day and is hopeful she will stop altogether before Christmas (04). A family friend says, 'Charlotte has done really well. In the last month she has got down to just a couple of fags a day. She used to smoke like a chimney - soon she will quit completely. She is very determined and now she has made her mind up, she'll do it.' Church's boyfriend KYLE JOHNSON is a sports fanatic and detests the star's nicotine addiction.", movieeye.com, Oct. 5, '04
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| • | "Holy smoke! Church quits...Charlotte Church is quitting smoking to protect her famous voice...The Welsh warbler has already cut back from her 30-a-day habit to about five, claim reports. And we're still talking about ciggies and not Smirnoff Ices, here. And Churchy - who has become increasingly interesting with each passing drunken stumble - plans to kick the habit to keep her boyf [sic] happy, too. She started tabbing two years ago when dating Taff chav Steve Johnson. But new fella Kyle Johnson likes his sport and doesn't like smoking", Daily Star (UK), Oct. 6, '04
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| • | "Celebrity Round Q. Who is quitting smoking to save her singing voice and to keep her anti-smoking boyfriend? She used to be on 30-a-day, has recently cut down to 5-a-day and hopes to kick the habit altogether by Christmas. A. Charlotte Church.", website, Oct. 15, '04
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| • | "We know Voice of an Angel Charlotte Church, 18, likes boys, booze and cigarettes, and now she admits smoking pot. Thankfully, Charlotte won't get addicted because she says: 'It makes me crave chocolate and makes me cough' ", Edmonton Sun (Canada), Nov. 27, '04
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| • | "is quitting smoking - to stop her boyfriend nagging about the unhealthy habit. The young star had been smoking 20 menthol cigs a day despite warnings it could damage her voice. But now Charlotte, 18, has decided to quit after lover Kyle Johnson, 19, begged her to give it up. She has tried nicotine patches, gum and went to see a hypnotherapist to kick the habit - all in vain. But sporty Kyle has made clear his dislike of fag smoke since moving in with the star in her luxury rented flat in Cardiff. The Voice of an Angel's mum Maria, 38, said yesterday: 'Kyle nags her about it, so she wants to quit. But she finds it tough because a lot of the family smoke, including me. Charlotte knows that smoking is bad for her voice and is always trying to give up. But her dad also doesn't like it, so now she'd rather quit than put up with their nagging'", Daily Mirror (UK), Dec. 14, '04
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| • | "Up in smoke...Teenaged chanteuse Charlotte Church seems to have a funny way of quitting the evil weed. 'My boyfriend, Kyle, hates me smoking, so I've cut down to one a day, apart from when I'm drinking,' she tells me, while dragging on a Marlboro Light at the La Dolce Vita Ball for UNICEF in East London. 'I now smoke only after breakfast, and again after lunch.' But hang on! Doesn't that make it two cigarettes a day? Certainly not, insists Charlotte, 18. 'I only smoke half a cigarette in the morning and then I put the other half back in the packet and save it until after lunch' ", Daily Mail (UK), Dec. 15, '04 |
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| • | "talks of her battle against her 15-a-day smoking habit and revealed sneaking a crafty cigarette while on a charity walk with fellow Welsh diva Catherine Zeta Jones....'We weren't supposed to smoke in the grounds of Cardiff Castle, but as we were with Catherine, we were allowed one'", Wales on Sunday (UK), Jan. 2, '05
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| • | "hard-drinking, chain-smoking Charlotte Church, 18", Daily Express (UK), Feb. 11, '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte, who was smoking heavily and drinking champagne, vodka and black rum cocktails, hosted a birthday party on Saturday for 50 friends and relatives", The Mirror (UK), Feb. 21, '05 |
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| • | "[Her former boyfriend] admits he couldn't deal with her cigarette habit. 'When we first met she was on 15 a day. I didn't like it and kept telling her, 'It doesn't look sexy, it makes you smelly and the flat stinks. And it could damage your voice'...I went on about it so much she cut down to one a day. She told me, 'I know it's bad for me but I need to smoke to relax. I need that one fag.' But whenever she went out boozing she'd keep lighting up and I'd get annoyed. I'd tell her to stop'", w/pic, News of the World (UK), Feb. 27, '05 |
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| • | "(ex-boyfriend) Kyle Johnson said Charlottes drunken rows and his dislike of her smoking tore them apart", The Mirror (UK), Feb. 28, '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church's jilted lover blames her incessant smoking for the breakdown of their 14-month affair. Kyle Johnson, 20, was disgusted at the frequency of her habit and regularly piled pressure on her to quit - but he fears his constant hassling may have contributed to their split. Johnson says, 'I went on about it (smoking) so much she cut down to one a day. She told me, 'I know it's bad for me but I need to smoke to relax. I need that one fag.' But whenever she went out boozing she'd keep lighting up and I'd get annoyed. I'd tell her to stop her. But when Charlotte has had a drink she can't keep it buttoned and she'd have a go back' ", website, Feb. 28, '05
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| • | "her smoking, drinking and a series of rows finally tore them apart", Wales on Sunday (UK), Mar. 6, '05
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| • | "Louise Ryan, a vocal coach who worked with Charlotte when she was nine - was stunned to learn that her former pupil is still on the fags. 'Smoking is bad for the voice and I thought she had given up,' said Louise. 'I will have to slap her wrist when I see her. I am sure she will stop soon'", Wales on Sunday (UK), Mar. 13, '05
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| • | "is reported to be having singing lessons again amid worries that her smoking and boozing could have damaged her voice", w/pic, Sky News (UK), Mar. 15, '05
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| • | "is having singing lessons after fears she has damaged her voice with too much smoking and boozing...pictured with a cigarette recently", The Sun (UK), Mar. 15, '05
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| • | "has a generous monthly allowance which keeps her handsomely in wine, spirits and cigarettes... amid fears that her constant drinking and smoking may have damaged the voice that has brought her fame and fortune, she has been taking singing lessons this week", Daily Mail (UK), Mar. 19, '05 |
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| • | "arguably her singing career no longer seems quite such a high priority as nights out spent smoking, drinking and partying hard with her posse", Daily Express (UK), Mar. 22, '05 |
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| • | "is finally giving up the fags...quitting her 20-a-day habit to save her singing career...has tried to stop smoking before with nicotine patches...This time though, she is determined to kick it for good to fit in with her 23-year-old boyfriend's healthy lifestyle", Wales on Sunday (UK), Mar. 27, '05
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| • | "Now only love lights up Charlotte's life. She has the voice of an angel tinged with the rasp of a Marlboro Light but Charlotte Church has vowed to stub out her last cigarette. Not only is the Welsh warbler desperate to give up for the sake of her pitch-perfect tonsils but it's also to impress her überfit boyfriend...Charlotte, 19, has developed a 20-a-day habit since she started smoking three years ago and has attempted to quit numerous times, using patches and chewing gum as well as being hypnotised... Nothing has, however, managed to prise her nicotine-stained fingers from the fag packets", Daily Express (UK), Mar. 28, '05 |
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| • | quit - "Gone is her 20-a-day smoking habit...has been smoking since she was 16...has been warned smoking could ruin her singing voice", Daily Express (UK), Mar. 29, '05 |
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| • | "it looks as though Charlotte Church's good intentions have gone up in smoke already. Just three weeks after vowing to kick her 20-a-day habit to please her superfit rugby player boyfriend Gavin Henson, 26, she was caught having a crafty fag. Charlotte, 19, was on a family trip to a cinema in Cardiff to see the animated flick Robots. But she clearly couldn't wait to get outside and light up", Daily Mail (3AM gossip column) (UK), Apr. 15, '05 |
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| • | "is still puffing...Despite reports the Welsh singer is trying to quit smoking, she was seen lighting up...is seeing a hypnotherapist to kick her 20-a-day habit, showed no signs of giving up...One onlooker said Charlotte, in ripped jeans and a black jacket, 'was smoking as if her life depended on it' ", w/pic dragging heavily, Daily Express (UK), Apr. 15, '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte, 19, sticks to her diet of cigarettes and drink when she and boyfriend Gavin Henson go out, her mother Maria said", Daily Star (UK), Apr. 21, '05 |
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| • | "has become more famous for smoking Marlboro than singing Mahler", Sunday Times (UK), Apr. 24, '05
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| • | "Charlotte was also spotted nipping out for a ciggie while [her mother] Maria was not looking. She had booked to see a hypnotherapist in a bid to quit the weed. But that plan seems to have gone up in a puff of smoke", The Sun (UK), Apr. 25, '05
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| • | "Charlotte Church is reported to be having hypnotherapy to help her quit smoking, following fears that cigarettes could damage her famous voice. The 18-year-old has been smoking up to a pack of menthol cigarettes a day, but is trying to quit. Her mother, who also smokes, said: 'If she doesn't stop smoking soon I fear it will start to affect her voice'", The Express (UK), May 5, '05 |
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| • | "has laughed off reports she smokes cannabis, claiming the press confused a herbal cigarette for marijuana. The Welsh singer, 19, was photographed smoking an unusual-looking cigarette last year (04), leading to speculation she was indulging in the illegal substance. She says, 'There have been ridiculous tabloid rumours. My favourite one was when a tabloid tried to make out I was smoking a spliff in this picture when it was actually a Berkeley menthol'", Female First (UK), May 15, '05
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| • | "Some people try to dismiss her as little more than a drunken, hard-smoking chav, but from what I can make out she's the best kind of working-class girl ... (the tabloids) can 'pap' her falling drunk out of Cardiff nightclubs, usually with a fag in her hand ... She rolls her huge green eyes, stabbing the air with her cigarette with characteristic defiance ... 'I'm always pictured drunk' Church says it all started when she turned 16: 'When I started smoking and getting interested in boys, whatever' ... Did any showbiz mates give her advice? 'Well, Robbie [Williams] wrote me a poem. It's quite long so the only thing I can remember is something like: 'Never start smoking/ When you hear my live vocal / You'll know I'm not joking.'' Church laughs. 'I seemed to ignore that good advice there.' Ah, the smoking. Many of us smoke, but she was the voice of an angel. Why did Church of all people start? 'Oh, some silly bitch says to me, 'Do you want a fag?' And I really liked it straightaway. I was like, mmm, yeah, love it.' What will it do to her voice? 'Eventually it will get deeper and raspier because of all the crap on your lungs you've got to sing through.' Church also says her breath control is not as good as it used to be. 'But it's bearable, I can deal with it. I still enjoy smoking' ... Church thinks it's horrible how young girls are brainwashed into thinking only super-skinny is acceptable. 'So,' she says, 'obviously not with my smoking and drinking' ... Church actually prefers her voice now: 'It's richer with more tone, even with the smoking' ... The irrepressible Miss Church stubs out one last cigarette", The Guardian (UK), May 22, '05
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| • | "Some people try to dismiss her as little more than a drunken, hard-smoking chav...she used to be a multi-million selling classical-singing Welsh 'angel' and now [the tabloids] can 'pap' her falling drunk out of Cardiff nightclubs, usually with a fag in her hand... stabbing the air with her cigarette with characteristic defiance... Church says it all started when she turned 16: 'When I started smoking and getting interested in boys, whatever'... she was the voice of an angel. Why did Church of all people start? 'Oh, some silly bitch says to me, 'Do you want a fag?' And I really liked it straightaway. I was like, mmm, yeah, love it.' What will it do to her voice? 'Eventually it will get deeper and raspier because of all the crap on your lungs you've got to sing through.' Church also says her breath control is not as good as it used to be. 'But it's bearable, I can deal with it. I still enjoy smoking'... Church actually prefers her voice now: 'It's richer with more tone, even with the smoking'...The irrepressible Miss Church stubs out one last cigarette", The Observer (UK), May 22, '05
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| • | "19-year-old Charlotte Church has admitted she drinks and smokes too much and she thinks she looks pretty good naked ... Charlotte says smoking is another habit which will make her voice deeper and raspier but she loves doing it. She added: 'I still enjoy smoking'", Liverpool Daily Post (UK), May 23, '05 |
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| • | "has admitted she drinks and smokes too much...says smoking is another habit which will make her voice deeper and raspier but she loves doing it. She added: 'I still enjoy smoking'", Welsh Daily Post (UK), May 23, '05
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| • | "renowned for drinking, smoking and dating a string of love rats", Female First (UK), May 25, '05
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| • | "unless the fags and booze have really taken their toll, she can probably still sing", Sunday Mirror (UK), May 29, '05
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| • | "she's just as adamant that she won't give up the fags - not even for Robbie Williams. 'I still enjoy smoking,' she confesses. 'Robbie wrote me a poem. It says, 'Never start smoking/When you hear my live vocal/You'll know I'm not joking'. I seem to have ignored that good advice! Eventually my voice will get deeper and raspier because of all the crap on your lungs. My breath control is not as good as it used to be, but it's bearable'", Wales on Sunday (UK), May 29, '05
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| • | "Meanwhile, Church has confessed she loves smoking as much as singing. The Welsh warbler revealed she has no plans to give up the unhealthy habit because she enjoys it so much", Female First (UK), May 29, '05
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| • | "Charl's vow up in smoke. What a drag...chain-smoking during a break in recording. The Voice of an Angel had vowed to stub out the habit to please her rugby ace boyfriend", The Sun (UK), Jun. 2, '05
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| • | "'Our parents have been friends for ages,' said Ex-HearSay member Noel Sullivan. 'She's been smoking for ages. I know she won't give up. She's a real Cardiff girl'", UK Newsquest (UK), Jun. 3, '05 |
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| • | "This week she's the girl with attitude as she smokes and swears through an interview with glossy gay mag Attitude - or to put it in the magazine's own language a girl who, despite her fame and millions, is as 'common as muck'", Western Mail (UK), Jun. 4, '05
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| • | "requested brown toast before popping out for a sly fag in between songs", Scottish Daily Record (UK), Jun. 4, '05
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| • | Shes meant to have ditched cigs, but I spotted Charlotte Church chaining it while her rugby star fella Gavin is away, News of the World (UK), Jun. 5, '05 |
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| • | "She was smoking a lot and there wasn't much larking around", The Mirror (UK), Jun. 6, '05
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| • | "She had a last few puffs on a cigarette before taking to the stage for the O2 Power In The Park concert in Southampton to perform new single Crazy Chick. Charlotte said: 'I am really nervous... I was a bit out of breath with the dance moves as I am not used to jumping around. But I'll get used to it and won't have a fag until I finish my set in future'", Daily Star (UK), Jun. 6, '05 |
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| • | "JR: Are you still smoking, Charlotte? CC: Yes, Jonathan. JR: When are we going to stop the smoking? CC: We are going to stop very soon, Jonathan. JR: How many cigarettes a day do we smoke? CC: About 10, Jonathan. JR: They're no good for you. CC: I know! JR: You told me you were going to give up. JR: Doesn't it damage your voice? CC: If I do smoke for a couple more years, I will start to see effects on my voice. For the moment, it's fine. JR: Have you tried smoking a cigar? CC: No. JR: What about a pipe? CC: Eww, no", Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC3) (UK), Jun. 9, '05 |
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| • | "there are brief pauses, at motorway services and for a solitary Lambert & Butler Menthol. (Ten a day.) ... the air is thick with cigarette smoke", Telegraph Magazine (UK), Jun. 11, '05 |
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| • | "had a quick fag on the pavement before hopping in the car towards the hotel", Sky Showbiz, Jun. 14, '05
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| • | "puffing on a cigarette before her flight", Daily Mirror (UK), Jun. 15, '05
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| • | "There were gasps when Church, a platinum-selling classical child singer, grew up a bit and was caught smoking a fag, snogging boys and clubbing... likes smoking and staying out late", Scottish Daily Herald (UK), Jun. 16, '05
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| • | "she continues the fight to give up cigarettes for the sake of her voice. The past few months have seen her come under pressure from clean-living Gav to give up - and Charlotte has even visited a hypnotherapist. 'I still haven't quit but I know I have to soon as ultimately it will start to ruin my voice in a few years,' she says", Wales on Sunday (UK), Jun. 26, '05
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| • | "If she wasn't snapped tottering unsteadily from nightclubs, bleary-eyed and dishevelled she was pictured with a cigarette hanging from her lips...The singer was then slammed as a bad influence after admitting she is going to carry on chain-smoking - despite risking ruining the voice that made her. She said: 'I seem to have ignored that good advice. My voice will get deeper and raspier because of all that crap on my lungs and my breath control isn't as good as it was.' ", Female First (UK), Jun. 27, '05
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| • | "Her worst vice is not drinking but smoking, she said. 'I do smoke and I should stop ASAP,' she admitted", Good Morning programme (ITV1) (UK), Jun. 28, '05
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| • | "The Voice Of An Angel star, 19, who lives in Cardiff, also said smoking - not drinking, as recent reports claim - was her worst vice", London Metro (UK), Jun. 29, '05
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| • | "Charlotte revealed last week she drinks 10 double vodkas during an average night out, and she insisted: 'I go out once a week with my friends. Most people my age do much worse things'. And she said her worst vice was not drinking but smoking 'I do smoke and I should stop ASAP'", Liverpool Daily Post (UK), Jun. 29, '05 |
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| • | "Wearing a clingy red top, tightish jeans and killer Gucci stilettos, Charlotte Church accessories with a cigarette at almost all times. 'The worst thing is if I'm out at a club, and I see a girl on the dancefloor with a drink in one hand and a fag in the other. It looks so common and then I think, 'that must be me' My auntie's a cabaret singer and she's smoked since she was 18 and it hasn't really affected her voice. But if I want to go back into classical music, I've got to stop. I just really enjoy it'. More than classical music? 'Hmm. As well as'. ... 'My favorite one was when a tabloid tried to make out I was smoking a spliff in this picture when it was actually a Berkeley Menthol", Glamour (UK), Jun. '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte likes a vodka, a fag and a shag.", Attitude (UK), Jun. '05 |
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| • | "like many a 19-year-old up and down our fair isle, Charlotte likes a vodka, a fag and a shag ... she swears like a tinker and smokes like a beagle ... throughout the telling of her traumas, she remains resolutely ace, a Lambert & Butler menthol poised permanently at lip level ... 'You've got to grow up and smoke and have sex'", Attitude magazine (UK), Jun. '05 |
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| • | "Since she came of age, Church has evolved into a booze-guzzling, cad-loving fag-smoking hag", The Scotsman (UK), Jul. 1, '05
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| • | "has eschewed making fitness videos or bearing her soul on reality TV, preferring to smoke, row with her mum and date a succession of ne'er-do-wells", The Guardian (UK), Jul. 8, '05
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| • | "Suddenly she was in our faces as a curvaceous, foul-mouthed hellcat who smoked, rowed with her mother, got 'bladdered', dated a succession of unsuitable boyfriends with a penchant for selling their stories to the tabloids, and slagged off her peers", Sunday Times (UK), Jul. 10, '05
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| • | "Char was having such a paddy at the 02 Party In The Park in Paddock Wood, Kent, yesterday. Our source says: All [Charlotte] was interested in was smoking and you could really tell in her performance. She was panting all through her three songs and was out of breath", The Mirror (3am gossip column) (UK), Jul. 11, '05
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| • | "I think I am actually a very good role model. I only go out on the town once or twice a week. I might get a bit merry and smoke too much but that's all", Liverpool Daily Post (UK), Jul. 16, '05 |
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| • | "But what's a girl to do when all this jetsetting becomes a drag? Reach for a cigarette, of course", w/pic, Daily Mirror (UK), Jul. 21, '05
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| • | "her fondness for a fag ... dressed in hippie-casual, she locates an ashtray, lights a Consulate ('I usually smoke Lambert & Butler menthol but they don't sell them in London) ... 'Smoking really hasn't started to affect my voice that much yet. When I was 14 I could hold the longest phrases and my breath control was pretty good. It's still pretty good but it's not as good as it was and that's because of smoking. So, I know I should give up but I really do enjoy it. Especially after a big Chinese. It's blissful. Your meal isn't complete until you've had a fag. It makes the whole process perfect'... 'I wouldn't even give drugs an award. Nicotine and alcohol are about as far as I go. Put a drink in me and I'm absolutely fucking nuts'", British GQ, Aug. '05 |
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| • | "he asked me what I'd done and I said I'd been hypnotized to stop smoking. ... the first time I met Tony Blair I was 14 and I couldn't smoke or drink ... each morning she orders her fags and Mirror and Sun from the corner shop", Q Magazine (UK), Aug. '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte Church takes comfort in a drink and a fag while her man Gavin Henson plays golf", The Mirror (UK), Aug. 30, '05 |
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| • | "puffing on a cig", w/pic holding, Daily Mirror (UK), Aug. 30, '05 |
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| • | "during the post-match bash at Sky One's All-Star Cup golf bash ... Charlotte had been drinking wine and smoking as she watched the European team's victory over America in the Ryder Cup-style event", Daily Star (UK), Aug. 31, '05 |
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| • | "Church stormed out of a casino after rowing with lover Gavin Henson over his gambling and her smoking. Superfit rugby star Gavin, 23, has begged Charlotte to quit her 20-a-day habit, while she has urged him to cut down on betting. But they clashed in the early hours of yesterday when Charlotte, 19, lit a ciggie in a Cardiff casino", The Sun (UK), Sep. 2, '05 |
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| • | "The Welsh rugby ace hit the shops in Central London, while sexy girlfriend Charlotte Church relaxed in their car and enjoyed a ciggie. As he lugged bags of goodies out of boutiques, the hardest work she did was flicking ash out of the window of the motor", Daily Star (UK), Sep. 2, '05 |
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| • | "Church is clearly finding it stressful as she tries yoga and meditation to beat her 20-a-day cigarette habit. The Welsh singer, 19, sneaked off to light up straight after a therapy session at a Hare Krishna clinic in Cardiff. Rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson has been nagging her to quit smoking", The Express (UK), Sep. 2, '05 |
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| • | "The vice of an angel. Singer Charlotte Church has turned to spiritual help to quit cigarettes. But as our pictures show, it didn't do a Lotte good for the former Voice of an Angel, who looked stressed as she arrived at the Soul Centre, Cardiff. After signing up for yoga, meditation and herbs to help kick the habit, the first thing she did when she got out was light up. Charlotte, 19, has been warned her 20 a-day habit could harm her famous voice", Scottish Daily Record (UK), Sep. 2, '05
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| • | "looks stressed after therapy in a Buddhist centre to help her quit smoking...An onlooker said: 'Meditation should relax you - but Charlotte was fed-up. She was far happier with a cigarette in her hand' ", Daily Mirror (UK), Sep. 2, '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte's health kick is up in smoke. Charlotte Church is clearly finding it stressful as she tries yoga and meditation to beat her 20-a-day cigarette habit. The Welsh singer, 19, sneaked off to light up straight after a Hare Krishna clinic in Cardiff", Daily Express (UK), Sep. 2, '05 |
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| • | "stormed out of a casino after rowing with lover Gavin Henson over his gambling and her smoking. Superfit rugby star Gavin, 23, has begged Charlotte to quit her 20-a-day habit, while she has urged him to cut down on betting. But they clashed in the early hours of yesterday when Charlotte, 19, lit a ciggie in a Cardiff casino", The Sun (UK), Sep. 5, '05
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| • | "Actress Charlotte Church blames paparazzi for her smoking habit, arguing she gets really nervous when they stalk her. Church, 19, declared she tried to quit smoking for many times, but every time a paparazzi comes around, she's lighting up a cigarette. She said: 'I've been trying to give up smoking so I was quite irritable as you can imagine. And they were following us around and I just wanted to throw something at them. I've not be using the nicotine patches, just willpower. But I have been told to chew on a straw every time I want a cigarette' ", Softpedia, Sep. 6, '05
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| • | "Church has turned to anti-smoking guru Allen Carr for help quitting fags after a string of bust-ups with Gavin Henson. The 19-year-old singer has said she is determined to give it a go. She said: 'I've tried before and have definitely cut down. I did stop for a while but this time I am serious about doing it. As well as Allen Carr's book, I may even sign up to do some sessions at one of his support clinics'", Scottish Daily Record (UK), Sep. 6, '05 |
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| • | "singer Charlotte Church claims she's winning her fight with smoking. The teen sensation has cut down after being told she risked harming her famous voice. She said: 'I'm down to about two or three a day now whereas it used to be 20. I'm not doing too bad, I'm getting there'", Daily Star (UK), Sep. 6, '05 |
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| • | "I've warned my boyfriend that I'm going to be really moody while I'm trying to quit smoking. I said, 'you know when I give up, I'm not going to be too nice'", Newcastle Evening Chronicle (UK), Sep. 6, '05 |
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| • | "recently I've been trying to give up smoking...I've cut down a lot...from about 20 to two or three a day...I've been told to chew straw", Breakfast (BBC1 TV), Sep. 6, '05 |
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| • | "says it's the paparazzi's fault she can't stop smoking. She says she craves cigarettes when photographers follow her around. She said: 'I've been trying to give up smoking so I was quite irritable as you can imagine. And they were following us around and I just wanted to throw something at them. I've not be using the nicotine patches, just willpower. But I have been told to chew on a straw every time I want a cigarette.' The singer said she has managed to cut down from 20-a-day to just two or three after meals reports ITV.com", Ananova, Sep. 6, '05
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| • | "Vices of an angel make Charlotte top woman...She smokes, she drinks, she likes to party and she's never out of the tabloids. And it is precisely for those reasons that Charlotte Church has been named Woman of the Year and hailed as a role model for women by men's magazine GQ", Daily Mail website (UK), Sep. 7, '05
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| • | "Charlotte's papped off...Voice of a 40-a-day angel...Faggy songstrel Charlotte Church - yes her again - says she wants to quit the dirty habit. But the GQ Woman Of The Year award winner...is apparently blaming her smokiness on the pesky paparazzi. The sneaky snappers stressed her out so much when she was off the ciggies recently that the fallen angel reportedly says 'I just wanted to throw something at them!' Be warned - never cross a craving Charlotte! So how's the taffy tart doing on her road to sweet smelling smokelessness? 'I have been told to chew on a straw every time I want a cigarette,' reports Ananova", Megastar (UK), Sep. 7, '05
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| • | "Welsh singer Charlotte Church is trying to quit smoking, because her boyfriend Gavin Henson has a deep-rooted hatred of the habit. The Crazy Chick star has turned to expert Allen Carr to help kick her addiction, and she insists she is making impressive progress. She says, 'I've tried before and have definitely cut down. I did stop for a while but this time I am serious about doing it. As well as Allen's book, I may even sign up to do some sessions at one of his support clinics'", People News, Sep. 7, '05
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| • | "Church is convinced her relationship with rugby hunk Gavin Henson is on the rocks. The party-loving 19-year-old confessed all to her mother Maria in a tearful outburst in a toilet cubicle at Tuesday's GQ awards ... A party-goer tells us: 'I went up to have a picture taken with Gavin. I asked him how the night was going and he said he was fine, but 'pissed off with Charlotte smoking'", The Mirror (3am gossip column) (UK), Sep. 8, '05
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| • | "The shoes are designer couture, the dress is sexy, while the drinks are cheeky cocktails and the cigarettes Marlboro Lights...public criticism for having the audacity to be a teenager who likes to drink, smoke and party", Scottish Daily Record, Sep. 8, '05
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| • | "Her supposed excesses chronicled in the press in recent years - drinking, smoking, unsuitable boyfriends - amount to little more than normal behaviour among her age group", The Independent (UK), Sep. 10, '05
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| • | "After spending her £1,200 monthly allowance on presents for her loved ones, as well as alcohol and cigarettes, a black frock caught her eye, and the singer was determined to wear it for this week's GQ awards", Digital Spy, Sep. 10, '05
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| • | "On top of all the skunk she smoked 20 cigarettes a day - not a good idea when your voice is your fortune", News of the World (UK), Sep. 11, '05
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| • | "smoked 20 menthol cigarettes a day despite suffering from asthma...reeked of cigarettes and alcohol", w/pic of cheek-hollowing drag, Mail on Sunday (UK), Sep. 11, '05 |
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| • | "Church's first love, Steven Johnson, alleges the teen soprano regularly took cannabis and amyl nitrate during their 18-month romance. ... '(The night we met) Charlotte inhaled (a joint) deeply. It wasn't her first time. She took a few more pulls then sniffed from a small bottle of poppers (amyl nitrate), which gives you a sort of head rush We'd smoke weed most nights and have fantastic sex. I'd spend about GBP40 a week on skunk (strong cannabis) and Charlotte would chip in the odd tenner (GBP10). Some nights she'd even go out with pals and buy it from a dealer in town'", News of the World (UK), Sep. 12, '05 |
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| • | "[in the upcoming documentary 'Confessions of a Teen Angel', Charlotte reveals] how she binges on take-aways and can't give up cigarettes... cigarette firmly in hand at all times, she moves between her various engagements ... Sitting back, with cigarette in hand as make-up artists work on her for the filming of her first pop video, Crazy Chick ... Even as Charlotte talks about giving up smoking, she lights up, although she does have the grace to look embarrassed as she mutters, 'I'm trying to give up ... it's not going so well at the moment though as you can see' ... she curls up on a sofa in the dressing room and in between drags of her cigarette she moans'", Western Mail (UK), Sep. 16, '05
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| • | "the singer confessed she finds it difficult to give up smoking and dieting to get fit.Lighting up a cigarette, Charlotte said: 'I'm trying to give up ... it's not going so well at the moment though, as you can see. I never feel I have to get fit at all. I'm a lazy bitch who eats what she wants and never goes to the gym or anything' ", Scottish Daily Record (UK), Sep. 17, '05
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| • | "Quitting baccy is a mission for the singer - but she admits she's struggling to break free. Charlotte said: 'I'm down to five a day, which is not great but better than the 20 that I was on before. It's quite hard when I'm out drinking. Sometimes I cheat and smoke a few more cigarettes or save up my five to have at night. I find it hardest after a big meal. I don't feel that it's all complete without having a smoke afterwards. I was reading the Alan Carr book on how to give up but I got through the first two pages and lost the book. My mum will go nuts because she had so much wanted me to read it. I've been hypnotised once before and it didn't work - just one hour later I already wanted to reach for a cigarette'", The Sun (UK), Sep. 23, '05
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| • | "But does Church really lead the classic tabloid lifestyle? Is it all late night binges, heavy smoking and bust-ups with boyfriend Gavin Henson?", BBC News, Sep. 26, '05
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| • | "Why have you taken up smoking? Considering your profession and influential status; couldn't this be one bad habit worth kicking? Mark, Newport, South Wales 'Because I was 16-and-a-half and I wanted to try a fag and I got addicted. I've cut down, I'm smoking about five a day now, which is much better because I used to smoke 20 a day. I will eventually give up but I just can't at the moment because I enjoy it too much'. Doesn't it worry you it might affect your voice? 'It will. It is bad, but I'll just see how it goes'", BBC, Sep. 27, '05
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| • | "with a glass of bubbly in one hand and a fag in the other", website, Sep. 30, '05
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| • | "The 19-year-old and Welsh rugby player Gavin have been together for six months and despite rumours he hates her penchant for smoking and drinking, it seems they're still nuts about each other.", website, Sep. 30, '05
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| • | "The unfortunate thing is that because of her lifestyle - which includes smoking, the last thing any singer wants to do - and the late nights out on the town, she's needed to change the style of her voice", website, Sep. 30, '05
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| • | "Charlotte Church's boyfriend Gavin Henson has issued a solemn warning about his warbling Welsh girlfriend, Charlotte Church: that the voice of an angel singer is morphing into Eddie from Absolutely Fabulous... [Church] saw the funny side after Gavin pointed out that she was denying being like Edina while holding a glass of bubbly and a cigarette", website, Sep. 30, '05 |
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| • | "Her hell-raising amounts to little more than smoking fags, enjoying a great many drinks in Cardiff with her mates, and having had two - a mere, piffling two! - regrettable lovers", AOL Women, Sep. '05 |
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| • | "is pissed [drunk] at the polo [match], chain-smoking and telling her mum to fuck off", The Guardian (UK), Oct. 1, '05
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| • | "'As soon as I started smoking, I loved it straight away', says Charlotte. 'It was smoking, smoking, smoking - but never in front of my dad. He'd just take the fag out of my mouth and stub it out. I don't swear in front of him either. If it ever slips out, he's like, 'Don't you fucking swear in front of me!'' Despite rumours that they've rowed over her smoking habit, boyfriend Gavin insists he'd never pressure Charlotte to give up. 'I've always said I don't want her to change at all,' he explains. 'Obviously I don't like her smoking, but that's just who she is at the moment. I don't want to change the way she is - I want her to live life'", News of the World (UK), Oct. 2, '05 |
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| • | "reportedly overheard [boyfriend] Gavin saying that [Church] would make 'the Ab Fab mother from hell'.... Although the star was not pleased with the comments, onlookers said that she did see the funny side once it was pointed out to her that she was arguing the issue whilst holding a glass of champagne and a cigarette.", website, Oct. 5, '05
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| • | "fun loving, smoking, drinking, bacon-butty eating young woman from South Wales who enjoys a laugh and doesn't take herself seriously", Manchester Evening News (UK), Oct. 7, '05
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| • | "is in her element, with a favourite accessory in each hand: carton of strawberry Ribena in one, cigarette in the other.", "Charlotte is trying to give up smoking, but finding it hard, partly because, as she puts it with her usual delicacy, 'I fucking love smoking', and partly because at home in Cardiff she is surrounded by her mum, dad, Nana and grandad, all of whom smoke 20 a day. The previous evening, she had been scratching irritably at a nicotine patch, trying to hold out without a cigarette, while her Nana (in Charlotte's pantomime impression) leaned back in her favourite chair, taking exaggerated, Dot Cotton drags on her fag and sighing contentedly. 'I was miserable as fuck and she was just going, 'You'll be fine, love.' And then, after five minutes she got sick of me looking so fed up, so she said, 'Stop moaning and have a fag, you silly cow.' So I did and it was lush! I felt so much better.'", "She lights another fag.", Guardian (UK), Oct. 8, '05
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| • | "CHARLOTTE Church has ditched her honey-blonde locks for a sleek brunette bob. She sat drinking white wine and smoking while a stylist created the classic look with 'chocolate and toffee' tones.", Mirror (UK), Oct. 10, '05
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| • | "Welsh singer CHARLOTTE CHURCH is finding it tough to quit cigarettes, because her family smoke around her all the time.", website, Oct. 10, '05
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| • | "SINGER Charlotte Church is losing her battle to quit ciggies because her family ALL smoke too. Charlotte, 19, has been told to pack up because smoking could affect her voice. But her parents smoke, and her grandparents, who Charlotte was living with until recently, do too.", The Sun (UK), Oct. 10, '05
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| • | "Welsh singer Charlotte Church is finding it tough to quit cigarettes, because her family smoke around her all the time.", Ireland Online, Oct. 10, '05
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| • | "Welsh singer Charlotte Church is finding it tough to quit cigarettes, because her family smoke around her all the time.", Irish Examiner, Oct. 10, '05
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| • | "Char - everyone calls her Char - is in her element, with a favorite accessory in each hand: carton of strawberry Ribena in one, cigarette in the other.", Taipei Times, Oct. 16, '05, p. 18
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| • | "likes the drink, the fags, the tabloids, the karaoke", Sunday Times (UK), Oct. 16, '05
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| • | "a full-figured teenage girl with a 20-fags-a-day voice", Mail On Sunday (Night & Day Live! magazine) (UK), Oct. 30, '05 |
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| • | "[her] wild partying, drinking and smoking has nearly torn them apart", Daily Mirror (3am) (UK), Oct. 31, '05
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| • | "Her hell-raising amounts to little more than smoking fags and enjoying a great many drinks ... finishing her Ribena and lighting up a ciggie ... stubbing out her cigarette", Marie Claire (UK), Oct. '05
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| • | "She admits her other vice is smoking, but there's no pressure from [boyfriend] Gavin for her to give up.", Western Mail (UK), Nov. 5, '05
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| • | "I smoke because - it was stupid when I was 16 - I started and I'm addicted", Parkinson chat show (ITV1) (UK), Nov. 5, '05 |
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| • | "Now aged nearly 20, Church has spent the past two years in a riot of teenage high spirits, drinking, smoking and staging dramatic break-ups with boyfriends", Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Nov. 13, '05
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| • | "takes another drag on her cigarette...'I smoke, I don't exercise and, because I'm happy, I eat and eat'", Mail on Sunday (You magazine) (UK), Nov. 13, '05 |
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| • | "Charlotte lived with Johnson in a rented flat and started smoking, drinking under-age and wearing T-shirts bearing such delightful slogans as 'My Barbie is a crack whore'", The Express (UK), Nov. 29, '05 |
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| • | "plonking herself down in the make-up chair, she lights a cigarette and enjoys a bacon sarnie", B Magazine, Nov. '05 |
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| • | "Girls in particular are often influenced by role models, such as Kate Moss and Charlotte Church, who have both been well-known smokers", Peterborough Evening Telegraph (UK), Dec. 10, '05
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| • | "Charlotte Church was left hot and bothered after her boyfriend's rugby bosses told her to stub out her cigarette. The crazy chick was watching partner Gavin Henson's match when she reached into her bag to grab her ciggies, but was swiftly stopped by Rugby chief. Charl put the cigarettes away but ten mins later they resurfaced as she was knocking back a pint of lager. All in all the singer was asked to stub it out three times before she got the message as she set in the executive box in the non-smoking stadium. Charlotte was watching Gav's team play their Heineken Cup match against Leicester, but it appears she was more interested in lighting up and having a laugh with her pals. One stadium insider described the former opera singer as being a prima donna and that it was disrespectful to light up after being told repeatedly it was forbidden. Super-fit Gav has begged Charl to kick the dirty habit and she recently admitted she is is trying to give up but is finding it really tough", Channel Four News (UK), Dec. 23, '05
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| • | "the 19-year-old Voice Of An Angel narrowly avoided getting booted out of [boyfriend] Gavin Henson's big comeback game after refusing to stub out a fag. Onlookers tell us the pop diva flouted Cardiff's Liberty Stadium's no-smoking policy three times at the Ospreys game on Sunday... Clearly the tension got to Charlotte who, after a few drinks, couldn't help lighting up in her posh executive box-despite being told not to. The box manager was called in and told the Crazy Chick to stub it out. But 10 minutes later she was at it again, we hear. 'She was caught fag in hand with a pint on the go and was asked three times to put it out but she didn't,' continues our source. 'Charlotte was there with her mates and some of her family and she didn't seem to care. She had no excuse and just kept on doing it so the senior management had to come down. They had a word with her and finally she stopped. It was lucky for her that she wasn't ejected.' Bosses have slapped a ban on smoking anywhere in the ground and wouldn't bend the rules for nicotine-addicted Char. 'Just because she's a VIP guest does not mean she can smoke,' said the source. 'We are very strict, especially at rugby games. There are notices and we made an announcement so she was warned.'", Daily Mirror (UK), Dec. 23, '05
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| • | "Miss Church was perched in the comfort of a VIP box when she lit up a ciggie as the game got tense. An onlooker told the paper, 'She was caught fag in hand with a pint on the go and was asked three times to put it out but she didn't.", Sky News, Dec. 23, '05
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| • | "Charlotte's Fag Faux Pas. Smoking cigarettes can get you into more than just health trouble if Charlotte Church is anything to go by. Rumours are doing the rounds that the singer got into a spot of bother after refusing to stub her fag out... According to the Daily Mirror, Char came to blows with staff at Cardiff's Liberty Stadium, where she was watching boyfriend Gavin Henson play rugby. Miss Church was perched in the comfort of a VIP box when she lit up a ciggie as the game got tense. Unfortunately for her, however, the box was strictly no-smoking - and even, more unfortunately, she was clocked by a member of staff and asked to put it out. An onlooker told the paper, 'She was caught fag in hand with a pint on the go and was asked three times to put it out but she didn't. She had no excuse and just kept on doing it so the senior management had to come down. They had a word with her and finally she stopped.' A representative of the stadium confirmed that they had reprimanded 'numerous people' who were caught puffing away. However, they weren't naming any names. Nicorette patch for Charlotte this Christmas, anyone?", Sky News Entertainment (UK), Dec. 23, '05
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| • | "Charlotte Church Won't Stop The Fags For Anyone Even staff at a rugby stadium...Charlotte Church's bad habits are going to get her into a whole load of trouble one of these days... The Welsh diva was recently watching her beloved, rugby player Gavin Henson at Cardiff's Liberty Stadium when she came to blows with staff there. Church was seated in a VIP box at the stadium when she realised she was gagging for a fag and lit up. However, in the non-smoking box, she was clocked by staff who promptly asked her to put it out. A source told the Daily Mirror: 'She was caught fag in hand with a pint on the go and was asked three times to put it out but she didn't. She had no excuse and just kept on doing it so the senior management had to come down. They had a word with her and finally she stopped. 'Maybe try and quit in the New Year????", Entertainmentwise, Dec. 23, '05
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| • | "has landed herself in the middle of a row over her cigarette habit. The chain-smoking singer, 19, was ordered to stub out three times as she watched boyfriend Gavin Henson play rugby...A friend said: 'Charlotte loves fags, especially when she is nervous. The game was tense so she lit up without thinking' ", Daily Express (UK), Dec. 23, '05 |
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| • | "Church's home rule on cigs. Charlotte has made a New Year resolution to quit smoking - but only in her new house. The 19-year-old singer puffs her way through 20 a day but her superfit rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson hates the habit. She has agreed not to smoke in their £500,000 home. Charlotte said she can't quit altogether - especially on her boozy nights out. But she agrees with Gavin, 23, that she doesn't want their new home stinking of cigarette smoke. A friend said yesterday: 'Charlotte loves her fags and Gavin doesn't mind her smoking when they are out'. But Charlotte volunteered not to smoke in the house because everything is fresh and new. If she gets desperate, she will nip out to the patio. Charlotte is very house-proud right now.' Charlotte's smoking got her into trouble with Gavin's bosses when she lit up at the Neath Ospreys' ground while watching him play. The Voice of an Angel had to be told three times to stub out her fag at the non-smoking stadium. But she is hoping the smoke-free atmosphere in her new home in Llandaff, Cardiff, will help her quit. Charlotte said recently: 'It's very hard because I f *** ing love smoking'", Scottish Daily Record (UK), Dec. 28, '05
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| • | "has made a New Year resolution to quit smoking - but only in her new £500,000 house. Gavin hates her 20-a-day habit so she will now puff on her patio in Llandaff, Cardiff, pals said yesterday", The Sun (UK), Dec. 28, '05
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| • | "is making a New Year's resolution quit smoking - but only in her new house. Her 20-a-day habit infuriates boyfriend Gavin Henson and nearly got her kicked out of a rugby match at Liberty Stadium in Swansea this month. But rather than stop completely, stunning Charl, 19, has agreed only to indulge her habit outside her £500,000 home. A friend tells us: 'Charlotte's volunteered not to smoke in the house because everything's fresh and new.' Charl recently said of her battle to give up cigs: 'It's very hard because I f***ing love smoking'. Let's hope she got some Nicorette in her stocking", Daily Mirror (UK), Dec. 28, '05
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| • | "Former kid singer Charlotte Church is all grown up and has announced her New Year's resolution: She wants to give up cigarettes. Well, sort of. The 19-year-old soprano, who recently bought a lavish home in England, doesn't want to stink up her new surroundings. A pal tells the Daily Mirror in England that 'Charlotte's volunteered not to smoke in the house because everything's fresh and new.' As for Charlotte? 'It's very hard because I (expletive) love smoking,' she tells the paper, presumably no longer in the Voice of an Angel that made her famous", Arizona Republic, Dec. 29, '05
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| • | "Charlotte Church, 19, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking starlet who has made the transition from classical angel to tabloid pop star.", Times (UK), Jan. 11, '06
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| • | quit - "Church spreads no-smoking message... The world-famous singer, until recently seen in celebrity magazines holding a drink and a cigarette is backing No Smoking Day this year. Church chucked her 20-a-day habit at New Year, and apart from a lapse on her birthday, has stuck to her resolution. But she has warned other quitters they will need 'willpower'. Promoting the no-smoking message in Cardiff, the 20-year-old admitted she found it 'really hard', but was motivated by changes in the tone of her voice to quit. 'I could hear a change in my voice and thought, what am I doing here? It's my profession... I just did it through sheer willpower. I didn't have any patches. I was really irritable for the first three weeks. I did have a relapse on my birthday, had a few glasses of wine, smoked two cigarettes. I was really ill the next day - I won't be doing that again...' ... The fashion-conscious singer has seen an improvement in her skin since stopping - she said in the past her skin had felt like a TV advert 'where the girl puts make-up on and it's all smoke'... The singer, who started smoking at 16, urged teenagers not to follow her example in taking up the habit. 'The longer you smoke, the harder it is to give up. It's so not worth starting,' she asserted. And because of ever-present paparazzi photographers, Church knows she cannot get away with sneaking a 'cheeky cigarette' in public. She also fears falling back into the habit if she has just one. 'If I had another cigarette now, It would be so easy to get back into it. I can never have another cigarette in my life'", BBC News, Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "How I quit the weed. Voice of an Angel Charlotte Church has quit smoking and admitted that the 25-a-day habit affected her voice. Charlotte, 20, has revealed that she gave up the habit on New Year's Day. The opera singer-turned-pop star urged others to do the same to mark No Smoking Day today, saying smoking 'looks disgusting'. She said: 'I smoked about 20 or 25 a day and I'd tried to give up a couple of times before but only lasted half a day. I decided to make it my New Year's resolution - I just wanted to. In the last four or five months before I gave up it was affecting my voice, my breathing control, my tone, and I thought "What am I doing here?" Now that I've stopped it's got so much better. The first two weeks were tough and the first month I still really missed it but I feel so much healthier now and can really feel the difference in my voice'", Manchester Evening News (UK), Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "Voice of an angel turned hard-living pop queen Charlotte Church has revealed that her 20-a-day smoking habit was in danger of ruining her voice. The 20-year-old Welsh tabloid queen binned the fags on New Year's Day and, a solitary drunken lapse aside, has resisted the temptation to light up ever since. And speaking in support of national No Smoking Day today, Church admitted that her wild booze and fags life style could have jeopardised her career. 'I decided to make it my New Year's resolution - Ijust wanted to. In the last four or five months before I gave up it was affecting my voice, my breathing control, my tone, and I thought 'What am Idoing here?' Now that I've stopped it's got so much better. The first two weeks were tough and the first month I still really missed it but I feel somuch healthier now and can really feel the difference in my voice.' She revealed that her boyfriend, the erstwhile Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson,played a large role in persuading her to kick the habit. 'He's really glad I've given up now because I don't smell of cigarettes,' Church added. However, she admitted that despite knowing the harm that smoking was doing to her, she still gets the nicotine urge from time to time, especially when out on one of her legendary drinking sessions. 'The one time I think about it is when I go out and have a drink. I hold a cigarette in my hand but I don't light it. It's just something to do with my hands'", Monstersandcritics.com, Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "20 year old singing sensation, Charlotte Church, is backing the Boots [anti-smoking] campaign. Charlotte, who has just given up smoking says, 'I gave up smoking on New Year's Eve. The first few weeks were tough, but I feel much healthier now and I can really hear the difference in my voice. If I can quit, so can you, so give it a go on No Smoking Day'", PRNewswire (UK), Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "Fag Ash Lil' Charlotte Church Quits Smoking... Welsh singer Charlotte Church has quit smoking in a bid to save her voice. Church revealed that she quit her 25-a-day habit on New Year's Day and is now urging other young people to do the same on No Smoking Day. She said that smoking 'looks disgusting'. 'I smoked about 20 or 25 a day and I'd tried to give up a couple of times before but only lasted half a day. I decided to make it my New Year's resolution, I just wanted to. Now that I've stopped it's got so much better. The first two weeks were tough, the first month I still really missed it, but I feel so much healthier now and can really feel the difference in my voice. I had two cigarettes on my birthday in February but I got really ill. It was horrible, and I won't smoke since'. Church believes that it is hard to stay off the fags while she is boozing in the pub, but has vowed not to drink as much either, a resolution that the new government ban on smoking in pubs has helped. According to MSN she said: 'I won't be drinking so much anymore. A lot of social smokers never smoke in the week but do in the weekends, and they won't be able to now, and it's a much nicer atmosphere'", Entertainmentwise (UK), Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "has revealed that she gave up the habit on New Year's Day. The opera singer-turned-pop star urged others to do the same to mark the UK's No Smoking Day today, saying smoking 'looks disgusting'. The Welsh 'Crazy Chick' said: 'I smoked about 20 or 25 a day and I'd tried to give up a couple of times before but only lasted half a day. I decided to make it my New Year's resolution, I just wanted to. In the last four or five months before I gave up it was affecting my voice, my breathing control, my tone, and I thought 'what am I doing here?' Now that I've stopped it's got so much better. The first two weeks were tough, the first month I still really missed it, but I feel so much healthier now and can really feel the difference in my voice.' Charlotte admitted: 'I had two cigarettes on my birthday in February but I got really ill. It was horrible, and I won't smoke since.' She said of her health-conscious rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson: 'He's not put any pressure on me at all but he was really happy when I did give up. I just wanted to do it myself.' She said: 'I started smoking at the age of 16, probably because I was bored, it wasn't peer pressure. I don't think it's fashion anymore that makes people start. It looks disgusting. It's the stupidest thing. It's so difficult to get off it.' She confessed: 'I still find it hard to drink and not smoke. When I go out I have to hold a cigarette I'm so used to having it in my hand. But I don't light it'... She said she approved of a British government ban on smoking in pubs: 'I think it's really good. A lot of social smokers never smoke in the week but do in the weekends, and they won't be able to now, and it's a much nicer atmosphere.' Charlotte is backing a Boots campaign to offer customers NicAssist nicotine patches, gum, inhalators and lozenges for £1 as part of National No Smoking Day. Each £1 spent on the offer will go straight to UK charity Quit to fund 'stop smoking programmes' for young people. Charlotte said: 'I think that anything that can help kick the habit is fantastic. Giving people the chance to stop smoking is a real winner'", UTV newsroom, Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "I'm out of puff... She became famous for having the 'voice of an angel' - then became infamous for a few more devilish vices. But Charlotte Church insists she is cleaning up her act, having quit smoking and cut down on booze. The classical singer-turned-pop star gave up cigarettes in January and is encouraging others to do the same on No Smoking Day today", London Metro, Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "No Smoke Without Charlotte. Showbiz fans might say it sounds a bit familiar...But Charlotte Church has said she's given up smoking for good. Way back in October 2004, word reached Showbiz HQ of Charlotte's plans to quit, but now she's finally waved goodbye to the dreaded weed. And the reason? Char said it was ruining her singing voice", Sky News (UK), Mar. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "Charlotte Church Hates The Fags. It's an enduring image of our times: fallen angel Charlotte Church staggering out of a club, stolen bottle of WKD poking out of her handbag and four or five cigarettes rammed into her bleary red face. Well, get used to not seeing that again. Because Charlotte Church has decided to give up smoking for good. We'd have thought that this would affect her powers negatively, like He-Man deciding not to ride Battle Cat around all the time, but it seems as if Charlotte's primary capability - that of being a little bit annoying - is just as intact as ever. Yesterday was national No Smoking Day - a day when millions of people around the country make all kinds of rubbish excuses about why they still need to light up - and what better role-model to enforce the smokeless day than shrieking Welsh girl Charlotte Church (CDs)? But wait, you ask, isn't Charlotte Church, like, completely addicted to smoking fags? The sheer amount of footage of Charlotte sucking up cigarettes in one go like a genetically modified frog seems to attest to that. You're wrong, though; Charlotte Church quit smoking on New Year's Day, and she seems to have stuck to it well enough to become a spokesperson for the entire non-smoking community. Charlotte Church, whose hobbies include slagging everyone off and making ill-judged chat shows, had been smoking for four years and, although she's given up, still finds it hard to leave cigarettes alone completely, especially when she's off her nut on booze", website, Mar. 9, '06
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| • | quit - "Char ditches the vice of an angel. It's taken a while, but it seems Charlotte Church has finally realised what a drag smoking is. The 20-year-old Crazy Chick obviously took yesterday's No Smoking Day to heart as she confessed she's given up the fags: 'I wanted to give up as I started to notice my voice wasn't what it used to be... I was tired of being seen in public with a cigarette hanging out of my mouth all the time - it's not a good look and it smells horrible' ", Daily Mirror (UK), Mar. 9, '06
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| • | quit - "Loved-up Char decided to kick the habit earlier this month", Daily Mirror (UK), Mar. 16, '06
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| • | "Dame Shirley [Bassey] criticised Charlotte's switch from classical to rock and her appetite for smoking and drinking...[Sir Tom Jones] doesn't think it's a problem she likes the fags and booze", Daily Mirror (UK), Apr. 4, '06
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| • | quit - "has finally given up smoking - but seemingly at the expense of her figure. The singer, criticised for damaging her classically-trained voice by puffing her way through 25 cigarettes a day, says she has now managed to stop completely...started smoking when she was 16", Daily Express (UK), Apr. 5, '06 |
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| • | "Child opera star turned rock chic, Charlotte Church, has finally kicked her addiction to cigarettes", itv, Apr. 5, '06
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| • | quit - "I gave up on January 5. I had a couple on New Year's Eve and I had a stinking hangover on New Year's Day, so I just did not want one. I just thought, 'I'm not going to smoke any more'... It was hard and I had a couple of relapses but only when I've had a drink. I have completely given up now", New Paul O'Grady Show, Channel Four television (UK), Apr. '06 |
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| • | quit - "she is piling on pounds after quitting cigs", The Sun (UK), May 5, '06
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| • | quit - "SHE says she hasn't hit anyone since she quit smoking on New Years' Day, but that could all be about to change for Charlotte Church.", The Mirror (UK), Jun. 8, '06
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| • | quit - "I've been eating a lot more since I gave up smoking at New Year but I still think I'm a lot healthier than most people - particularly now I've binned the fags", The Mirror (UK), 3am gossip column, Jun. 13, '06 |
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| • | "She smokes. She drinks. She swears. She's happy with her size... that's why Charlotte Church is a real Pop Idol...her reckless smoking", Belfast Telegraph (UK), Jun. 14, '06
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| • | quit - "Once she was famous for falling out of bars, brawling with ex-boyfriends and smoking like a chimney, but now the divine Miss Church is all loved-up and living the quiet life in Cardiff", Wales on Sunday (UK), Jun. 25, '06
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| • | "The curvy soprano has decided that she needs to kick the swearing habit. And she's roping in the hypno-therapist she visited to help her with her smoking. Er. The hypno-therapist that didn't actually stop Big Charl smoking then? Yep. The very one. According to a source in the Daily Star, 'Although it didn't make her give up smoking completely, Charlotte found it helpful and relaxing'", MegaStar.co.uk, Jul. 25, '06
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| • | "for TV executives and Heat-seeking celebrity junkies, Church is a dream come true...proclaiming her love of smoking and drinking", The Independent (UK), Sep. 2, '06
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| • | "SINGER Charlotte Church has been caught smoking in a rugby stadium AGAIN and told: One more ciggie and you're banned.... 'there are no exceptions to the ban - even Charlotte'", The Sun (UK), Nov. 7, '06
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| • | "faces a rugby stadium ban if she lights up a cigarette one more time at the Liberty ground in Swansea. The pop star was issued the stern warning as she smoked watching boyfriend and rugby ace Gavin Henson in a recent club match. It's the second time she has been caught", Evening Echo (Ireland), Nov. 12, '06
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| • | quit - "She is still sticking to last year's resolution, which was to give up smoking.", metro, Dec. 14, '06
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| • | quit - "managed to quit smoking at the start of 2006", The Sun (UK), Dec. 15, '06
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| • | quit - "Charlotte Church snubbed a boozy 21st bash for a quiet family party - sparking rumours she is pregnant. The chat show star and singer has finally quit smoking and pals have noticed she has put on a bit of weight in recent weeks", The Sun (UK), Feb. 23, '07
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| • | "The cute little 'Voice of an Angel' phenomenon has long since been replaced with the Charlotte we have all come to know and love - every cleavage-spilling, chain-smoking, binge-drinking, straight-talking teenage inch of her", FelaleFirst (UK), Mar. 17, '07
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| • | quit - "gave up boozing and smoking to prepare herself for being a mum", FemaleFirst (UK), Sep. 22, '07
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| • | quit - "Songbird Charlotte ditched the fags on New Year's Day 2006, soon after getting together with partner Gavin Henson... With her man's encouragement, and feeling motivated by her first pregnancy, the opera singer-turned pop star was able to give fags the boot. And despite falling off the wagon last year after Wales triumphed in the Six Nations, she has stuck to her promise - urging others to do the same by - saying smoking 'looks disgusting'. 'I smoked about 20 or 25 a day and I'd tried to give up a couple of times before but only lasted half a day,' says Charlotte. 'The first two weeks were tough and the first month I still really missed it, but I feel so much healthier now and can really feel the difference in my voice'", Daily Mirror (UK), Feb. 5, '09
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