Heffron does not (heart) cigarettes
Put John Heffron at the top of the list of comedians who've smelled enough cigarette smoke for a shortened lifetime.
Heffron, 39, started out in stand-up at age 19 in Ann Arbor and at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, the Royal Oak club that just went non-smoking. His resume includes a stint co-hosting the morning show at WKQI-FM (95.5) with Danny Bonaduce and a victory in the second season of "Last Comic Standing."
"I just went and got a full Mack Daddy physical," says Heffron, who now lives in Southern California. The workup included a heart evaluation, and a frowning doctor looked at the results and asked, "How long have you been smoking?"
"I've maybe had two cigarettes in my hand my entire life," Heffron says. But he's spent two decades in hazy lounges and nightclubs.
As far as he's concerned, "people can smoke in their cars."
