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Up in Smoke
Anne Phelan-Adams, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(11):1106.
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EVEN IN her 60s, Estelle was a stunning woman: snow-white hair, sparkling blue eyes, high cheek-bones, and a sultry voice. Most of her physical attributes were gifts of nature, but her voice was a legacy of 40 years of smoking.
Her life had been mostly a story of triumph over the odds. Estelle's parents abandoned her and her sisters when they were quite small. They were subsequently bounced around from one relative to another. However, Estelle emerged into adulthood with a spirited, self-confident, and loving nature.
Forthright and vivacious, she entertained friends and family with the same exquisite warmth and style as she did politicians and celebrities. She raised eight children in a highpressure suburb of a big city, weathering all the attendant heartbreaks. She had 14 grandchildren and seemed to love each and every one of them "best of all."
However, the plain and simple cigarette got the
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Author Affiliations
Radford University Radford, Va
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