Lindsay Lohan looks a bit odd carrying around her box of Ariva rather than leaving it in her purse. Ariva is a compressed form of tobacco which allows a person to consume nicotine without smoking. I wonder if it gives a person oral cancer like chewing tobacco does? Anyway, there is a reason Lindsay carries Ariva out in the open. According to the Sydney Morning Herald…..

"The troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan is the last person you would expect to be on the receiving end of a little Aussie ingenuity but not everyone has friends like the Australian playboy Andy Valmorbida. After playing host at his family’s marquee at the Melbourne Cup with Rachel Hunter, Valmorbida has returned to Hollywood to work on a deal for Lohan to indirectly endorse a nicotine substitute to help smokers quit. His Aussie friends inform PS the deal requires Lohan to hold the packet of special gum in view of the paparazzi so it can be captured in the frame and published worldwide."

Whatever Lindsay does she profits from it. That’s smart.

Update: Lindsay’s rep is denying she is being paid to endorse Ariva. Maybe she should keep it in her purse rather than holding it out for the cameras to get a shot of. Her rep said:

“Lindsay has not been paid to endorse Ariva. She is just a fan and is using it to help cut down her smoking as she is currently in the studio recording tracks for her 3rd album.”

Lindsay Lohan is trying to quit smoking with a little help from Ariva seen in her hand. Ariva is a mint flavored lozenge the size of a tic-tac that contains 60% tobacco and nicotine. Ariva is marketed as a smoking cessation product that is unregulated by the FDA. This is amazing. Lindsay might actually be serious about turning her life around. I’m strangely aroused by this whole bad girl turned good thing.