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Barb Tarbox

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The Resume

    (April 10, 1961-May 18, 2003)
    Headed a one-woman campaign to educate youth about the dangers of smoking

Why she might be annoying:

    She started smoking when she was 12.
    When she lost her hair, she resembled Susan Powter. Her presentation personality was similar to Powter’s as well.
    She has an ironic last name.
    Even after her cancer diagnosis, she could not stop smoking.
    She continued to smoke as she was being treated for her advanced stage of cancer.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She modeled in her teens.
    After her diagnosis, she actively spoke to young people at high schools all over Canada to speak against smoking and the tobacco industry.
    Her powerful speeches prompted teens to turn over their packs of cigarettes and to quit smoking literally after her presentations.
    The same speeches prompted parents of teenagers to quit smoking.
    Her twin sons predeceased her.
    Close to her death, her cancer literally spread all through her body and penetrated her skull and bones.
    By the time she died, she had spoken to a total of 50,000 young people.
    Her namesake foundation was set up to continue educating youth of the dangers of tobacco consumption.
    She received a posthumous Meritorious Service Medal of Canada award from Canada’s Governor General for her work.
    She left behind a young daughter and a husband.

Credit: Battyx3


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 357 Votes: 50.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 52.81% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 128 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 228 Votes: 42.98% Annoying