CELEBRITY BUZZ – Her father, Mitch, says in an interview that Amy has been diagnosed with “early stage emphysema.” It’s the cigarette and crack combination that is doing her in, apparently.

The Best Links:

1. She May Need an Oxygen Mask Soon
2. She Still Has 70% Lung Capacity
3. “… could be in a wheelchair within a month if she doesn’t stop smoking crack cocaine.”
4. “… it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her.”
5. After She Fainted Last Monday

STYLE BUZZ – April issue of Flair magazine has a spread featuring model Flavia Oliveira smoking Nat Sherman Fantasia cigarettes in bright, spring-colored hues. I just can’t think of a more glamorous or self-destructive way to accessorize an outfit.

The Best Links:

1. The Cost of Standing-Out, Looking Cool Clearly Overrides the Risks of Lung Cancer
2. Endorsing Smoking: Freaky or Fabulous?
3. Eva Green Smokes Colored Cigarettes in the Bernardo Bertolucci Movie “The Dreamers”
4. Are the Nat Sherman Fantasia cigarettes worst than regular cigarettes?
5. Nat Sherman: Buy Them Online

SCIENCE BUZZ – The new smoking-cessation wonder drug really does help people quit, but apparently it also causes nightmares, blackouts, paranoia, depression, hallucinations, and even suicide. Well, no one ever said quitting was easy. The FDA is investigating, and stated recently that a connection between Chantix and serious psychiatric problems appears “increasingly likely.”

The Best Links:

1. This Is My Brain on Chantix
2. FDA: Chantix May Pose Psychiatric Risks
3. Pfizer Heightens Chantix Warning
4. FDA Probes Chantix Suicide, Behavior Concerns
5. The Productive Highs and Dark Lows of Chantix
6. Pfizer’s Chantix Created “Living” Nightmare For One User?
7. Chantix and Side Effects Lawsuit
8. Chantrix: Chantrix Is the Most Successful Stop-Smoking Pill To Hit the Market. User Experiences and More.
9. Chantix Official Site