Female Celebrity Smoking List - O'Brien

Silk Cut, "A frail-looking Tina O'Brien looks the worse for wear as she stumbles out of a cab at 4am, clutching her pack of silk cut cigarettes.", Sunday People, Apr. 16, '06

Miscellaneous information

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"on 'Coronation Street', Tina has far meatier storylines and has been shown smoking and playing one parent off against the other", Jan. 31, '02

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

	•	"puffing on a cigarette", w/pic, OK magazine (Hot Stars supplement) (UK), Jul. 6-12, '02
	•	"Tina O'Brien poses for a photo with schoolgirl fans -- in the middle of puffing on her ciggie. The 19-year-old soap star, who plays schoolgirl mum Sarah Louise Platt, kept her fag alight in her right hand as she smiled for the camera", w/pic, Daily Star (UK), Jul. 31, '03
	•	quit - "until recently smoked 20-a-day...[her fitness video] also made her decide to give up smoking. 'When we were filming the video, I smoked two or three cigarettes in the lunch break,' she admits. 'That's nothing compared to what I would usually smoke but, even so, I was thinking: 'This it crazy. You are exercising all morning, then you're smoking and going back to exercising. I felt at a disadvantage - I knew I was making it harder for myself. After doing the video, I just wanted to be fit and healthy - to be able to breathe.' She finally quit smoking in September. 'The first day I quit was the day I went on holiday to Cyprus with Lucy Jo. She doesn't smoke and that really helped because I didn't have a single cigarette. But on the way back there was a 17-hour delay at the airport and I nearly had a breakdown'", Daily Mirror (UK), Dec. 30, '04
	•	quit - "was inspired to quit smoking in September after filming a fitness video...On the first day after kicking the habit, Tina went on holiday to Cyprus...but her efforts to stay fag-free almost ended in disaster. 'On the way back there was a 17-hour delay at the airport and I nearly had a breakdown!' she laughs", Yahoo! News (UK), Jan. 13, '05
	•	"Tina admits she has started smoking again because she began to put weight on after quitting her 30-a-day habit - 'I know I should exercise instead but i'm so busy at the moment I just don't have time. Obviously smoking is bad for your health, but it is helping me lose weight. The problem is that i'm now smoking double what I used to.'", Daily Record (UK), Jul. 19, '05
	•	"A frail-looking Tina O'Brien looks the worse for wear as she stumbles out of a cab at 4am, clutching her pack of silk cut cigarettes.", Sunday People, Apr. 16, '06
	•	quit - "gave up her 20-a-day smoking habit. 'I wanted to be fit and healthy - to be able to breathe,' she says", Daily Mirror (UK), Jun. 19, '06
	•	quit - "quit smoking when she found out she was expecting her baby daughter", Wirral Globe (UK), Mar. 1, '09
	•	"has started smoking again. The former 'Coronation Street' actress has started smoking again despite fronting a campaign less than a year ago to help mothers stop smoking. Sarah, 26, originally quit when she was pregnant with daughter Scarlett, now 15 months old. She is said to have started again to deal with the stress of the breakdown of her relationship with Scarlett's father and former co-star Ryan Thomas, who she split with in November last year. A friend said: 'Tina did very well keeping off the cigarettes but unfortunately the problems surrounding her love life has taken their toll on her. She had been smoking since she was 17 and obviously she gave up when she was pregnant with Scarlett. However, since she and Ryan split she has been under a great deal of stress and she just couldn't resist the cravings anymore.' Sarah - now appearing in drama 'Waterloo Road' - previously told how she was behind the National Health Service's Smokefree campaign after she had quit for Scarlett's sake. She said: 'This is a campaign I truly believe in - encouraging other mothers to get help. When I found out I was pregnant I realised it wasn't just about me anymore. It's actually the single most important thing you can do for the health of your baby. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I quit, I just literally stopped and went cold turkey'", My Park magazine (UK), Jan. 28, '10
	•	"starts smoking again - less than a year after fronting quit campaign for NHS. Former Coronation Street beauty Tina O'Brien is smoking again - less than a year after she fronted an NHS campaign to help mums quit cigarettes. The 26-year old actress is believed to have started her 10-20 a day habit again after being stressed by the break up of her relationship with co-star Ryan Thomas... on Tuesday the mother of one whose daughter is now 15 months old was spotted puffing away during a break in filming from her new role in BBC school drama Waterloo Road in Manchester", w/pic, Daily Mail (UK), Jan. 28, '10
	•	"has been snapped puffing on a cigarette - a year after fronting an NHS campaign to help mums quit... was spotted smoking during a break in filming BBC school drama Waterloo Road in Manchester", w/pic, News of the World (UK), Jan. 31, '10

Pictures of her smoking

	•	dangling, unlit, Daily Express (UK), Dec. 19, '03
	•	Daily Star, c. Jan. 8, '04
	•	candid, cheek-hollowing dragging and holding packet of Silk Cut, Sunday People, Apr. 16, '06

Collections of pictures of her smoking

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Celebs Smokers

Pictures from the net

	holding pack, 38k
	dangling, unlit, 34k
	60k
	holding, 106k
	holding, 65k
	candid, dragging, Manchester (UK), Jan. 27, '10, 100k
	candid, holding, Manchester (UK), Jan. 27, '10, 23k
	candid, dragging, 35k

TV/Movies she smokes in:

"Coronation Street" (1960) (add a review, IMDb)

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