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| • | occasional smoker, where?, late 80's/early 90's |
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| • | no - "I was diagnosed as having breast cancer five years ago. It stunned me because I never smoked or drank and I exercised and ate wisely", Sunday Mail (UK), May 3, '98 |
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| • | no - "I'm not a drinker, I eat right, and I don't smoke", Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Jul. 5, '98 |
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| • | no - "Most fans of the 53-year-old singer are most curious about her health. A cancer survivor, Newton-John says she is in 'great' health these days. 'I eat well and I exercise regularly and I don't drink. I don't smoke and I think positive thoughts'", UPI, Oct. 10, '01 |
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| • | no - "There was a time, some 37 years ago, when Newton-John tried to add a gravelly edge to her pure pipes by taking up cigarettes. 'Pat Carroll and I were a double act when we were 16 or 17, [and] we wanted to sound like Julie London, so we decided we would take up smoking. We wanted to be husky. Pat was really mad at me, because she stayed a smoker and I didn't. I couldn't handle it'", Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Nov. 4, '02
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| • | quit - "Olivia stated that her and her girlfriends in England (where she moved to start her career) had taken up smoking to sound more like the singer Julie London. She said she quit.", Palace Theater, Albany, NY, Nov. 12, '04 |
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| • | "In the 60's, I shared a flat in London with Pat, my singing partner and good friend, and two other sisters from Oz, when we first heard Julie's voice and this unforgettable song. Pat and I used to smoke cigarettes to try to sound like her!", Official Olivia Newton-John website, when?
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