Anna Held Quotes

I was a smoker for about 20 years.

I smoke, isn't that terrible?

My mother, Marnie Fahr Steyer, was a lifelong smoker - up to three packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day. I like to think that, if Mom were still with us today, she'd be happy with the strides we've made to protect our children from the ongoing health crisis of tobacco addiction.

Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

I've chosen to get the word out to women, especially young women, that tobacco is not glamorous - it's addictive and smoking takes a serious toll on your health.

A lot of people in my life are getting sick or potentially going to get sick from tobacco.

I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally.

Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

No one can use tobacco without more or less injury...

Now that I'm gone, I tell you: Don't smoke! Whatever you do, just don't smoke!

Tobacco is a culture productive of infinite wretchedness.

Smoking is very bad for you and should only be done because it looks so good. People who don't smoke have a terrible time finding something polite to do with their lips.

I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.

My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect.

Smoking means always having to say you're sorry.

Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago.

My worst habit used to be smoking but I quit.

I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now.

We smoked a lot of cloves.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics.

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom.

The tobacco companies knew quite early on the addictive nature of their product.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

Now I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker.