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| • | quit - "She used to be a model who smoked a lot and thought she was fat. Now the only thing smoking is her acting career ... As for so many people all over the world, the events of September 11 were a wake-up call for Velasquez. Her first goal: Quit smoking. 'When the World Trade Center attack happened, something just clicked in me', she says. 'People were there trying to hold on for their lives, and here I was throwing mine away. I was working, smoking, going out too much, not getting enough sleep, and I couldn't stop coughing. So I decided to quit--cold turkey, no less--in honor of those people'", Latina, Apr. 1, '02 |