By Felicia Odom 2.11.2025
Nigerian music star Yemi Alade has revealed that she was addicted to cigarette smoking for a year.
The “Johnny” singer who was speaking during a chat on the Chude Jideonwo podcast said it was so bad, she needed to smoke before she could sleep at night.
However, according to her, the fear of losing her singing voice made her kick the addiction.
“ When I was in university I tried smoking. I started needing to smoke before I went to bed. I was getting addicted to that lifestyle,” said Alade.
“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, then I will not do it. Because I like to be aware of my environment and my decisions. And I made up my mind that 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 stated.
