P144 Teletext 144 Mar08 15:54:02 ——————————————————————————————————————— SOCIETY GIRL TARA AIMS TO QUIT SMOKING She gave up cocaine and alcohol last year. Now It Girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has pledged to stop smoking cigarettes. Last April, Tara, 29, hit the headlines when she spent six weeks at a clinic in Arizona. Since returning to London, she's managed to stay off the drugs and drink and still live the high life. Last week Tara accepted the Nicoritte challenge to give up smoking in advance of today's National No Smoking Day... ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— by Kirsty Mouatt NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING p390 Rankin DearSusan Recipe UKTravjlP144 Teletext 144 Mar08 15:54:10 ——————————————————————————————————————— SOCIETY GIRL TARA AIMS TO QUIT SMOKING Sunday Times columnist Tara Palmer- Tomkinson pledged to give up smoking last week at the Leopard Lounge in Hammjrsmith. Wearing a skin-tight leopard-print outfit, she posed provocatively for photographers with a toy leopard as she pledged to quit the habit. "After a good meal or sitting in a traffic jam is when I seem to pine for cigarettes the most," she says. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— See our new GCSE revision guide 476 C4 WEN YOUR HOLIDAY FREE SEE p362 Rankin DearSusan Recipe USTravjlP144 Teletext 144 Mar08 15:52:34 ——————————————————————————————————————— SOCIETY GIRL TARA AIMS TO QUIT SMOKING Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was joined by This Morning's Dr Chris Steele as she pledged to give up smoking last week. "Smoking is one of the hardest addictions to quit," said Dr Steele. "Thjte are a few others too," joked Tara, who's also quit drugs and drink. Dr Steele asked Tara to blow into a machine to show the high level of carbon monoxide in her lungs. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Agony aunt 146 Oasis competition 142 NEED TAX ADVICE? see p389 Rankin DearSusan Recipe USTravjlP144 Teletext 144 Mar08 15:54:43 ——————————————————————————————————————— SOCIETY GIRL TARA AIMS TO QUIT SMOKING This Morning's Dr Chris Steele thinks Tara Palmer-Tomkinson will bj an inspiration to others if she manages to give up smoking. "God forbid if I don't manage it," says Tara, who successfully gave up drink and drugs last year. But she's aware that she could cave in. "If I have a craving for something else it's better to have a cigarette than that," she says. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— The pjnsionjrs in the poverty trap 141 WEN TICKETS FOR OASIS p142 Rankin DearSusan Recipe UKTravjlP144 Teletext 144 Mar08 15:51:26 ——————————————————————————————————————— SOCIETY GIRL TARA AIMS TO QUIT SMOKING Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who's giving up smoking, is back to being young, free and single again after splitting from Duran Duran star Nick Rhodes. Last summer, Tara was briefly engaged to Greg Martin, son of legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin. She had no comment to make last week on reports Greg is now writing a book on his sexual conquests called Dirty Rotten Scoundrel. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Would you strike over housework? 142 HOLIDAYS ABROAD p210 Rankin DearSusan Recipe USTravjlP144 Teletext 144 Mar08 15:51:43 ——————————————————————————————————————— SOCIETY GIRL TARA AIMS TO QUIT SMOKING Party girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson started smoking when she was 15 and now smokes around 25 cigarettes a day. She hopis to give up smoking using just willpower, but says she may also use an inhalator if her cravings get too much to bear. "I have djcidjd to do more exercise as part of my new healthy lifestyle. To continue smoking would only defeat this," says svelte Tara. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— National No-Smoking Day 143 LOCAL NEWS HEADLINES p330 Rankin DearSusan Recipe USTravjl