Brad Pitt Smoking

Who even said he quit? USweekly or InTouch? Please. Granted we haven’t see pics of him with a butt for almost a year but he was smoking on the set of Jesse James (cigars) Who cares? As long as he isn’t puff’n in her face or the kids. I’m sure he’s mad at himself if he went back but he’s finally having a baby that he’s always wanted and she’s due in no time. That’s enough to make you pick up the habit again. Nerves. I predict he stops once the wee one makes her/his apperance

Dear #99, no one here should have to be ashamed of anything, especially not of smoking. It sounds like you have made a choice of not smoking- good for you, live you life. And i hope you won’t start smoking again, and if you do, you will not be ashamed of it, but rather accept yourself and stop again in due time. Paris is a tough city to quit in, but as always everything is always possible. Certainly for Brad and Angel.

If he hasn’t enough respect to stop while she is preg. I doubt he will ever stop. And any doctor will tell you just the fumes from your clothing can cause an allergic reaction to a child who has asthma or allergies, because I know I have a child with both, and learned I was making my child ill. That’s why I stopped. You are all hypocrites because you are the same people who will rip and tear his ex-wife to shreads for smoking. Youre just haters all of you, but when it’s your own then you make excuses!Hypocrites!!

#105. Get a grip honey! He’s not smoking in her face or their children’s faces. Maddox and Zahara obviously don’t have asthma like your kid so give it a rest. Why don’t you go volunteer at the American Cancer Society if you’re so passionate? Geez.

Being a smoker and being around smokers all my life (and my family and husbands family all big time smokers) I happen to KNOW smokers. Not one of them were ever "social" smokers. Smoking is not like drinking. Smoking IS an addiction! It has been likened to quitting heroin it’s that tough. If anyone tells you that they are just "socially" puffy here or there, they are lying to you! When you’re not around they are smoking up a storm. Albeit, I have known one person who swears they smoke only once a day, but that is a rare individual and it happens only rarely. Go to any quit smoking site on the web and do a poll and you will find maybe one out of a thousand who doesn’t smoke full time.

I work for a Cancer hospital and to say that Brad does not respect his family because he continues to smoke is insane. That is the equivalant of saying a Cancer patient who still smokes does not respect him/herself. Its not about a lack of respect or lack of willpower, its about having a chemical addiction. Addiction is beyond voluntary control. Most people do not wake up one day, decide not to smoke, and never relapse. If this was your experience than you are one of the rare and lucky ones. It may take months or even longer, or maybe never for Brad or Jen or Joe Schmo on the street to quit. I hope both Brad and Jen quit but I understand that the odds are against them. Not making excuses for anyone I’m just know kicking an addiction is not as easy as you try to make it sound.

Brad’s smoking made me worried. I hope everything is fine with him and Angie.

Interesting thought on who would get custody. If in Cambodia she is a citizen there so if born there the baby would be as well. Custody may very well have to be fought there. With them not being married it really depends on who is in physical custody. He would have to go to court if she refused to let him see the baby. In the US more and more judges are opting to giving custody to the parent that does not smoke. A lot of controversy on this subject as some of the non-smoking parents are not a good choice at all, still in all, many judges are doing it.I do not think it would come to any of this, and do not believe they are broke up for a minute, but someone brought it up and I started thinking of the possiblilities. Angie does have the upper hand in this one, I believe.

Aah, excuse me there, Any#109. I happen to be a social smoker. Started when I was 19. ONLY smoke when I went out in my 20’s. Quit when I had my son. Pick it up again, ONLY when I went out with friends. Finally gave it up in my late 30’s and now I’m in my 40’s, and only will take a huff and a puff if and when my fiance’ have a cigar. I have a brother who is the same way as I am. So yes, it is quite possible to control this beast. So take a chill pill. I still think AJ makes sure to remind Brad it’s not good for him and to the kids.

# 117 | Juno | March 20, 2006 10:48 PM I know what you say is true. I was a 1-1 1/2 pack a day smoker for over 20yrs, and quitting took me many tries, and I know I can never even smoke one because I’d be addicted again in a flash. I had a roomie in college who could smoke 1 cigarette, or 10, and then not touch them for months without a thought or a craving. At that time i envied her. Doctore told me once that their are mental smokers, stress smokers, physical smokers who are addicted to the nicotine(me), and social smokers (you). I sometimes miss it, but now I can’t even stand the smell, and that’s something I never thought would happen.jpf

When they were in Haiti back in 1/06, they were out shopping, she was looking at jewelry and he was shopping for cigars……..He does have a lot of things on his mind these days. ………Who knows, maybe he may just got done having sex……….

I read he liked the names from his movie, Jesse and James. Who knows if that’s true or not.

Oh, man, I have to eat my words after dismissing that rumor about Brad was supposed witnessed smoking in a Parisian cafe. Well, there is evidence here instead of mere rumor before. I would still need at least that much to believe any of those rumors.I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed, as I believe it’s for everbody’s best health to quit - even Jennifer Aniston. Though it seems Brad is considerate enough about second-hand smoking by smoking before an open window, for his longevity as a parent to his kids, it would still be good for his family that he quit. Understandably, I know from smokers I know and literature that smoking is very difficult to quit. I have a brother who’s had a heart attack and tried to quit but was unsuccessful. So he’s back to smoking. I had an uncle who had suffered 2 heart attacks and couldn’t quit. He eventually succumbed fatally to all the years of smoking. As much as I would like smokers to quit, I’m not a nag about it and I don’t pass judgement. So, I don’t make a fuss when smokers smoke. I had a friend who smoked and I never told her not to smoke in my presence. (I can’t recall if she even stopped smoking when she was pregnant.) With my brother, I ask that he never smoke in the same room with either my mother, cat or me. (I think smoking and second-hand smoking is especially worse for women with their smaller lung capacity.) Other than that, for me to nag would be just harping on everything they already knew. I have another uncle who has quit smoking but he occasionally relapses. Hopefully, that’s what Brad is undergoing. If he smokes even less than what he did before, that’s still an improvement. Cold turkey wasn’t effective but perhaps a slow weaning off cigarettes may be the ticket. I sure hope so, cause if he can’t quit smoking, while he has the most incentive and when he and Angie are still so new in their relationship as to not be resigned with each other’s bad habits, he may not have the motivation later to get out of his rut.Some people have more of a weakness for addictions than others. One brother has been exposed to nearly everything (read what you will from that), but he’s not a smoker or a regular drinker (purely social drinker). He’s more addicted to Pepsi, which will rot his teeth out. It’s best never to pick up the habit. But all may not be lost. A person’s risk for lung cancer is also dependent on his/her genes. As I saw a doctor note somewhere, Winston Churchill was obese and a smoker but he lived well into his 90s. And I read something further back about a gene mutation in Chinese that helps resist the damaging effects of tobacco (though, of course, not entirely protective). The details of the latter are vague and less certain, but it stuck in my mind as interesting. # 41 | Jade | March 20, 2006 07:13 PMThat’s exactly the same thing reported by a Parisian fan on Soulie Jolie. Like Amalia, I had checked the policy of American embassies with marriage and thought the story couldn’t be true. But who knows with resourceful lawyers? Now the speculation of their already being married was sparked by their matching rings. But Brad was already wearing that ring as far back (as I could track from candid pictures) as when he attended the Davos economic forum. The first time Angie was spotted wearing the same matching ring was when she was at the playground. It does seem Angie isn’t tied down by conventional social rules to bother with marriage. Her reluctance is consistent with other couples who shy from marriage because of a history of failed marriage ala Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon. In this day and age, it really isn’t that important to marry. # 86 | Estelle | March 20, 2006 09:18 PMEstelle, I’m not sure Brad promised to marry in the adoption papers. But lawyers have gone on record that it isn’t necessary for Brad to marry to be able to adopt Angie’s children. His status just makes it a bit more bureaucratic and expensive. I would think for future adoptions, marriage may facilitate their plans. # 90 | annie | March 20, 2006 09:31 PMI’m not a lawyer, but relationships established by blood are inviolable, meaning Brad’s rights as a parent to his unborn child are the same as if he were married to Angie. Inheritance rules are the same. The difference is between Angie and Brad. Some states recognize common law marriages where a couple has been living together as a household for many years are considered as husband and wife. But California isn’t one of those states.