A little over a year ago, I quit smoking. Which, if you knew me, you’d realize is HUGE!!! The really weird thing is that I had no intentions of quitting … ever.   I started smoking... Read more >>

Mad Men, AMC’s Emmy award–winning drama concerning the lives of ad men (and women) in the 1960s, has drawn heavy fire and heavy praise for its depiction of heavy smoking. Almost every... Read more >>

A year and a half ago, I, Shalagh Hogan, officially stopped smoking. That’s right, I did it. I ceased to light up on a daily basis. I quit. And let me tell you, I was the poster child for... Read more >>

My boyfriend just came back from a semester abroad in Paris—and he came back a smoker. I am not a smoker. Never have been, never will be. I couldn’t smoke during high school as I was... Read more >>

I don’t normally smoke very often, but in the week leading up to my last birthday, I was in crisis mode and needed some smokes. Well, a week passed after the dreaded day, and with the crisis... Read more >>

I attended an Obama victory party a few weeks ago. Surprisingly, among his young staffers, the mood was glum. So I cornered one of them to get the scoop. “Why all the sour faces?” I... Read more >>

November is a good month to reconsider the cigarette. Not only is it National Lung Cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness month, but November 20th is the American Cancer... Read more >>

Cigarette addiction is one of the hardest habits to beat. A lot of smokers want to quit smoking. Most don’t succeed.  Non-smokers and smokers alike underestimate the addictive nature of... Read more >>

I started smoking weed and cigarettes and drinking while I was in the navy. Eventually I got kicked out for popping positive on a urinalysis. I went to live with my dad but I didn’t learn my... Read more >>

Picture this: Easter Sunday, 1929, New York City. The media is in a frenzy as you and several other nice looking young women defiantly parade down Fifth Avenue. You are protesting women’s... Read more >>