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Loni Anderson Discusses Smoking
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November 10, 1999
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LOUINN LOTA, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-10-1999
Loni Anderson Discusses Smoking
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Loni Anderson has had only one ``cigarette scene'' in her entire acting career. But she can speak from personal experience about smoking addiction. Her parents were heavy smokers.
Her father was so addicted, he smoked in the hospital.
``The sight of the nurse standing next to his bed holding his cigarette with tweezers, then passing it back to him when he was ready for a puff is embedded in my memory,'' Anderson said.
She recalled how cigarette smoking affected family life.
``Our alarm clock to get ready to go to school was dad coughing,'' she said. ``He would wake up an hour early ...