I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.

My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman.

My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?

I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

... I learned the hard way that just as I no longer have to save anyone, neither do I have to be saved.

I am the odd man out in the family.

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.