Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade, has revealed that she gave up smoking as a teenager because it affected her voice.

The “Johnny” crooner explained that she stopped smoking because she struggled with addiction, so much so that she would need to smoke before going to bed.

Alade said she battled addiction in public but hid the struggle in public until she told herself it was not worth it.

Speaking in a candid interview with Chude, Alade shared that smoking harmed her, adding that it affected her voice.

“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,” she expressed.