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Rileman Group: Members Posts: 93 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Mar. 17 2004, 05:05 Does anybody know if Mike smoke cigarettes nowadays? Have he tried to stop smoking some period? I've saw a interview article from 2001 and there, he said that he was trying to stop with cigarettes. Have he failed? If he had smoked since his youth, I wonder how he feels... -------------- It's not easy going where no-one goes, and no-one knows... Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Mar. 17 2004, 05:46 He does smoke roll up cigarettes which are supposedly healthier than the normal type (they smell less too) but cigarettes of all types age you faster, as does sitting in the sun to long, and Mike has started to look quite old in recent years. Mind you his 50 but for a long time he looked very young for his age. Even during the 99 tour he much younger than his mid 40's. Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Mar. 17 2004, 08:36 Well the price of cigarettes has just gone up 8 pence a packet in todays budget,but i'm sure Mike can still afford that. What is interesting about giving up smoking is a few years ago Mark Knopfler gave up smoking and his singing voice has improved greatly,you can notice on the last 2 solo albums he is a much better singer than he ever was. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Mar. 17 2004, 11:48 Well,Mike currently smokes Amber Leaf. Cigarretes causes a lot of bad effects,like producing free radicals who are much into the process of aging.And it can lead into bad problems like lung and throat cancer... Mike still looks better than some 50 year-old guys out there,but the fact he looks a bit older have a cause - too much sun in Ibiza... Don't forget that Mike,besides the Guinness and his rollups,is much into sports,and that is one of the things that keeps him looking good for his age. I'd love to see him quitting smoking. I personally don't like,but...nothing is perfect! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Mar. 26 2004, 04:33 Just look at Jean Michel Jarre who is 55 and even looks younger than Mike. But then again, I've never seen Jarre smoking (he sometimes did I heard) and I even got some rumours that he had a hair transplantation.   -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Mar. 26 2004, 08:27 Quote (Blue Dolphin @ Mar. 26 2004, 05:33) Just look at Jean Michel Jarre who is 55 and even looks younger than Mike. What about Botox™? -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

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