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Which Way, L.A.?

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Cigars are suddenly trendy again. Why has such a smelly habit come to symbolize glamor, power and prestige? Why are more women lighting up? And what about the impact on health?

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By Warren Olney • Aug 20, 1997 • 1 min read

Norman Sharp: President, Cigar Association of America. Jack Griffith: General manager of Hamiltons & Overstreet,s, a cigar friendly lounge, bar and nightclub in Beverly Hills. Esther Schiller: A founder of SAFE, Smokefree Air for Everyone. The group stands for the millions of people with lung disease. She has chronic bronchitis. Gordon Mott: Managing editor of Cigar Aficionado, a glossy lifestyle magazine credited with helping to create the current cigar boom. Mott fell in love with cigars during his eight years as a journalist in Central America and Mexico, where he reported for Associate Press, Knight-Ridder, and The New York Times. Dave Burns, MD: Contact: Christina Professor of medicine at UCSD; board certified pulmonary specialist; principal investigator of the school's Tobacco Control Policy Project. He's edited the Surgeon General Reports for many years, and is now working on tobacco control monographs for the National Cancer Institute. His current work is focused on the health consequences of smoking cigars. Richard Klein: Professor of Romance studies at Cornell. Author of a book called Cigarettes are Sublime [Duke University Press], which he to help himself quit smoking. It worked. He-s also author of Eat Fat, which has been translated into 14 languages. Robert Kemp: Publisher, The Cigar Monthly.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

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