I finally give up smoking after thirty years

Tallulah Bankhead
I've smoked since I was twelve.  Obviously I didn't smoke that much back then but smoking has been a big part of my life.  I've never tried to give up before and amazingly I'm finding it much less difficult than I thought I would.
I went to the dentist on Friday afternoon.  I have receded gums on my bottom teeth and need some work done.  The dentist told me he would sort them

Back in the days when everyone smoked

Tallulah Bankhead

Marlene Dietrich

Coco Chanel has a cigarette in most pictures

Lauren Bacall

Gary Cooper
Marilyn Monroe
Bette Davis
James Dean

Steve McQueen

Katharine Hepburn

Photography by Irving PennLisa Fonssagrives

Photography by Irving PennLisa FonssagrivesI think she has a feather in her mouth - but it looks like she's smoking


Bette Davis
Photography by David BaileyMichael

I'd love to give up smoking

Photography by Sølve Sundsbø
I've smoked since I was twelve years old.  I know it's a terrible habit and I wish I hadn't started but I did and I am addicted to it.  I'm a Seventies child and when I was growing up everybody smoked.  My friends and I used to spend ages sitting in my mum's bathroom at the vanity unit practising our smoking techniques in the mirror.  It didn't do a lot for me - I