Edward Roehrig was indeed a real doctor, practicing initially in Chicago and later in Los Angeles
Tall, tanned, lean and handsome, he nearly always had a quick broad smile and a clever quip, and people enjoyed his sass -- including billionaires, presidents and kings
Fact: Caffeine increases calcium loss and risk of osteoporosis
"Match and Lighter Safety"
After all, when used exactly as its manufacturers intended, tobacco kills up to half its users, making cigarettes the deadliest object in the history of human civilization
While he might have realized the impact his protagonists would have on pop culture, television, and storytelling at large, Carter probably didnt anticipate that a character defined by his chain-smoking habit would become such a lasting figure, too