Female Celebrity Smoking List - Etheridge

Home | FAQ | By Movie | Change log | Search | Missing info | Contact us

Index: [ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ]

Melissa Etheridge
  • Has smoked "in real life" (IRL) = No
  • Quit = Yes
  • Profession = musician
  • Her entry in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • Search for related items at: Amazon (UK, Canada, Germany)

  • Miscellaneous information
              •  "Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana tohelp with the side effects of chemotherapy during her treatment for breastcancer. The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed over a year ago, is nowcancer-free. 'Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decidedto go a natural route and smoke marijuana,' Etheridge says in an interviewto air Sunday on 'Dateline NBC.' When asked how her doctors reacted,Etheridge says, 'Every single one was, Oh, yeah. That's the best help forthe effects of chemotherapy.' The singer says she smoked marijuana every dayfor her pain and symptoms and 'the minute I didn't feel it, I stopped.' Theuse of marijuana with a doctor's recommendation is legal in California andnine other states, but is against federal law.", CBS 5 San Francisco, Oct.14, '05
  • Quotes about smoking
              •  "Speak True Don't Smoke!! Melissa Etheridge", NicoDerm celebrityyoga mat auction, Jul. '05
  • Proof she has smoked (or quit) "in real life"
              •  quit - "she briefly took up smoking to have something to do with her hands at the women's bars she frequented in nearby Kansas City", article goes on the explain that the resulting smoker's hack prevented her from singing well, so she quit, Rolling Stone, Jun. 1, '95, p. 41
              •  no - "I do not and have never smoked", AOL (inteview), Dec. 13, '93
              •  "I've been too busy gambling and smoking", Associated Press, Oct. 8, '01

  • TV/Movies she smokes in:


    Google
     
    Web smokingsides.com
    This page last modified Monday, August 3, 2009 at 1:21 AM
    Contact, credits, and submission information | Statistics | affiliates | webmasters
    Female Celebrity Smoking List