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Terrie Linn McNutt Hall (July 19, 1960 – September 16, 2013) was an American anti-smoking and anti-tobacco advocate.She was a survivor of ten cancer diagnoses, undergoing 48 radiation treatments, and nearly a year's worth of chemotherapy, before and after undergoing a laryngectomy in 2001. [2]
Starting in the early 1950s, the cigarette industry began to focus on promoting filtered cigarettes as a response to the emerging scientific data about harmful effects of smoking. [7] Under the misconception that filtered cigarettes were safer, Marlboro, as well as other brands, started to be sold with filters.
After developing lung cancer in 1990, McLaren became an anti-smoking crusader citing his 30-year smoking habit as the cause of his cancer. During the time of McLaren's anti-smoking activism, Philip Morris denied that McLaren ever appeared in a Marlboro ad. In response, McLaren produced an affidavit from a talent agency that had represented him ...
Those young people who think smoking is OK because of who they see smoking are getting a pull toward trying cigarettes,” Lynn Kozlowski, dean emeritus for the school of public health at SUNY ...
On Jan. 8, Designated Survivor actor Adan Canto died at age 42.The cause of death was appendiceal cancer, a rare disease that occurs when a tumor forms in the appendix.According to the Cleveland ...
A number of prominent figures throughout sports throughout history have been caught smoking cigarettes -- including admitted smokers and some athletes who've tried to keep the habit under wraps.
Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor.He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarch Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson's role as Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969 to 1974.
[1] [5] She appeared in a few Hollywood films, such as the 1952 western Cattle Town and in the starring role of Miss Robin Crusoe, a 1954 adaptation of the Robinson Crusoe adventure. In 1954, she appeared in A Star Is Born. [6] Blake became best known for her 19-year stint as the saloon-keeper Miss Kitty on the television series Gunsmoke from ...