I could always hear her cough, a byproduct of a pack-a-day habit, and find my way back.

Outside, Ms. Gottlieb said she had no plans to quit her pack-a-day habit.

I had enrolled in Hazelden to kill my pack-a-day habit before it killed me, not to commit to soul-searching group therapy.

His voice was almost gone, choked off by his cold and his pack-a-day habit.

Even when prices go up in Westchester, she said, she will not quit her pack-a-day habit.

Day 1: Wake up and put on nicotine patch to once and for all quit pack-a-day habit.

In bars and restaurants, not only are patrons exposed, but also many bartenders and restaurant workers inhale the equivalent of a pack-a-day habit.

Living in a nonsmoking home and working in a nonsmoking environment are big reasons why I never fully returned to my pack-a-day habit after starting a family and going back to work.

Then, they have the worst physiology (differences that certainly could not be due to, say, different educational levels or a pack-a-day habit.)

Robert Healy, the City Manager with a pack-a-day habit, said the hope is that nonsmokers will do the enforcing.