| • | smokes in the Broadway production of "The Distance from Here", May '04 |
| • | quit - "When [Homicide: Life on the Streets] started, he and fellow executive producer Barry Levinson said to the actors, 'If you smoke in real life, you can smoke on the show.' As it turned out, he said, everyone in the cast but Yaphet Kotto was a smoker.", "cast members Kyle Secor and Melissa Leo decided to quit smoking", Philadelphia Daily News, Jun. 21, '99 | |
| • | "Both [Melissa Leo's character Detective Kay] Howard and Bayliss try to quit smoking (this episode ["Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993), "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", Mar. 24, '93] was actually based on reality--both Melissa Leo and Kyle Secor were trying to quit smoking at the time).", website, Dec. 20, '99 | |
| • | "It's late July. Humidity and Melissa Leo's cigarette smoke hang in the air outside Georgetown's Four Seasons Hotel. The actress is enjoying a rare break between the endless interviews", Washington Times, Aug. 29, '08 |
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