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Diane Neal
  • Has smoked "in real life" (IRL) = Probably, unconfirmed
  • Profession = actress
  • Her entry in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

  • Proof she has smoked (or quit) "in real life"
              •  quit - "'I simply love to smoke,' the tall and striking former model conceded to shoppers who paused to listen as Neal spoke Saturday at Bloomingdale's in New York City's midtown. 'But you have to stop doing it or you stand a greater risk of dying. For me, quitting is my greatest personal accomplishment. The number of women who die every year because of it is just staggering.' Through a program called Circle of Friends, which calls for smokers to surround themselves with a cast of friends and loved ones to quit, Neal has been smoke-free for more than two years. Her appearance at Bloomingdale's lent star power to the group's effort to sign up participants for its scheduled run/walk June 11 in Central Park. Neal distinctly recalls how she became a chain smoker who breezed through at least two packs of cigarettes a day. 'I was a teen model living in Japan,' she says. 'We would work, work, work and they wouldn't let us eat anything. The only thing they would allow was a long break to smoke.' Neal says she has tried 'millions of times' in the past to quit smoking. She credits the main link in her Circle of Friends, fiancé and Irish model Marcus Fitzgerald, for helping her fend off nicotine fits", The Jersey Journal, May 6, '05
              •  quit - "a former two pack-a-day smoker who quit two years ago after smoking for eight years", American Legacy Foundation, May 10, '05
              •  quit - "After eight years as a two- pack-a-day smoker, Neal, a model and actress who lives in Jersey City, N.J., finally said goodbye to her cigarettes and now is spokeswoman for the American Legacy Foundation's Circle of Friends, a self-guided Web program to help women quit smoking by surrounding themselves with friends and supporters. Her efforts come as scientists are learning more about the gender differences in cigarette addiction.", Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jul. 18, '05
              •  quit - "After eight years as a two-pack-a-day smoker, Neal, a model and actress who lives in Jersey City, N.J., finally said goodbye to her cigarettes and now is spokeswoman for the American Legacy Foundation's Circle of Friends, a self-guided Web program to help women quit smoking by surrounding themselves with friends and supporters...Neal, even now, two years after quitting, occasionally craves a cigarette. 'I loved smoking, but I don't want to do it anymore,' said the 28-year-old...Neal said it feels good to be free from her addiction. 'I'm enjoying what it's like not to be burdened down by constantly wanting a cigarette,' she said...For Neal, nicotine replacement gum was key...She felt better very soon after quitting. 'My sense of smell returned. I remember thinking, 'Wow, I can smell that!' I could taste my food,' she recalled. She said she felt happier, noting that nicotine has been linked to depression...Neal began smoking as an 18-year-old model working in Japan. The only breaks the models were allowed were cigarette breaks, so she started smoking. 'It seemed the cool thing to do,' she said", Las Vegas Tribune, Jul. 22, '05


    Patricia Neal
  • Has smoked "in real life" (IRL) = Probably, unconfirmed
  • Quit = Probably has
  • Profession = actress
  • Her entry in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

  • Miscellaneous information
              •  appeared, "You can prove what I proved...You can't beat Chesterfield for Real Mildness", Chesterfield ad, '50
  • Proof she has smoked (or quit) "in real life"
              •  "lit one of the army of cigarets (sic) she smokes each day", Life magazine, Oct. 22, '65
              •  quit - "As I am" Autobiography by Patricia Neal and Richard Deneut, Simon & Schuster, '88
              •  "A Lucky Strike smoker, Patricia was in a series of ads for Chesterfield cigarettes that also plugged her current films", "Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life" by Stephen Michael Sheare, c. '06
              •  "inhaled more than her share of cigarettes", Time magazine, Aug. 11, '10
              •  "that fur-lined purr of a voice. You could hear her native Kentucky in it, as well as a lot of cigarettes", Boston Globe, Aug. 12, '10
              •  "experimented with smoking - a bad habit she would fight for decades", Knoxville News Sentinel , Aug. 12, '10
              •  "a chain smoker", Toronto Globe & Mail (Canada), Aug. 14, '10
              •  "A heavy smoker", website, when?
              •  quit - netizen, when?
  • Pictures from the net
             
  • smoking pipe, Cookie's Fortune (1999)
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  • holding, Feb. 15, '68, 38k
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  • lighting, Feb. 15, '68, 27k
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  • holding, Mar. 16, '66, 50k
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  • holding, 39k
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  • lighting up, 164k
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  • holding, 196k
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  • holding, 21k
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  • posed, holding, '63, 10k
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  • lighting, 34k
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  • exhaling
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  • lighting up
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  • holding, c. '40
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  • posed, holding, 16k
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  • small, holding, Hud (1963), 25k
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  • posed, holding, 729k
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  • holding, small, 41k
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  • candid, holding, small, 24k
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  • about to drag, small, 83k
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  • holding, small, 63k
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  • candid, holding, small, 50k

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