Jennifer scoops top prize forquitting habit of a lifetime

DUBLINER Jennifer O'Brien did not need the threat of the controversial ban on smoking in the workplace to give up nicotine after smoking an average of 40 cigarettes a day for the past 22 years.

The 35-year-old administration assistant at Tallaght Hospital was yesterday named the overall winner of the eighth annual Nicorette Quit Awards in recognition of her achievement.

A delighted Jennifer, who wins a holiday for two to Florida as her prize, had calculated she smoked over 280,000 cigarettes since she began at the age of 12, often smoking up to 60 a day at weekends.