Yemi Alade, the Afropop sensation, shared insights into her past, revealing a brief period of smoking addiction during her university years
Initially, her teenage experimentation with smoking evolved into a nightly habit.
In a conversation with Chude Jideonwo, Alade highlighted the inconvenience of concealing her smoking in public, which played a key role in her decision to quit.
Furthermore, she mentioned the detrimental effects on her vocal health, a crucial aspect of her career. She confessed to trying smoking in university, admitting it became a nightly routine before she decided to quit.
The discomfort of hiding her habit and its impact on her voice prompted her to quit.
She said:
“Some people say I don’t smoke, I don’t this, I don’t that. When I was in the university I tried smoking. I did not work out. But before it did not work out, it worked out a bit too much. I started needing to smoke before I go to bed. I was getting addicted to that lifestyle. But also, in public, I would hide the cigarette.
“So, I was like, ‘What’s this life; the discomfort that I can’t go to bed without smoking and then when I go out, I am going to hide the cigarette? As a teenager in the university trying to figure out life, I also made certain decisions for myself that if I’m going to hide to do something, I will not do it. Because I like to be aware of my environment and my decisions. And I just said I don’t think cigarettes are for me.
“They are not for me. And they harmed me, they affected my voice anyways. So I stopped. Smoking for me did not last up to a year,”
Follow Us on Facebook – @LadunLiadi; Instagram – @LadunLiadi; Twitter – @LadunLiadi; Youtube – @LadunLiadiTV for updates
