Loni Anderson

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

Your lungs are changed forever from your first cigarette.

Young people think that nothing bad will ever happen to them.

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.

Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.

If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.

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 mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.