Quote Originally Posted by Bluebrock View Post
It is quite frightening. I dare say she perhaps only got through that amount on quieter days! He said she would literally light up a cigarette as she stubbed the butt out from the previous one, and this is back in the day when you were allowed to smoke in hotel rooms and lounges. Maybe she has cut back on them now that she would have to go outside to feed her addiction.
That's called 'chain smoking' here in the US, and though not so prominent today it was not at all unusual in Dionne's heyday. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was also a chain smoker, one hears.