S. Epatha Merkerson -- known to millions as no-nonsense Lt. Anita Van Buren on NBC's Law & Order -- won a hatful of major acting awards in 2006 alone. But her biggest victory, she says, was beating a "brutal addiction" to cigarettes.

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