Social media users are tackling Singer, Bella Shmurda after he revealed in an interview that he has quit smoking.
The ‘Cash App’ crooner, in the latest episode of ‘In My Opinion’ podcast, said he stopped smoking weed four years ago because of anxiety. According to him, he was getting scared of the future. However, he still takes cigarettes and liquor.
Bella Shmurda asserted that contrary to reports that smoking a wedding boosts creativity, it never helped his creativity as it was affecting him in the studio and he was becoming lost.
“I don’t smoke Igbo [weed]. I used to but I started having anxieties smoking weed. I started getting scared of the future.
So, four years ago, I stopped smoking weed. I just take cigarettes and liquor.”
It wasn’t helping the creativity in my case.”
Everything I was doing when I was smoking weed, I was having anxieties. At a point, it was affecting me in the studio. I would just be lost in the middle. It wasn’t working anymore. I just have to stop. That was earlier in my career. It wasn’t helping.”
Taking to the comment section, many tackled him as they questioned the difference between weed and smoking.
One 247 In My Bag wrote, “I think say na cigarettes dangerous pass?
One Olamik wrote, “Person says e no dey smoke Igbo but e dey smoke cigarettes
One Vee Vyan wrote, “All of them no be smoke? Asking respectfully. Weed, cigarettes, etc are they not the same
One Rachel Osigwe wrote, “Igbo better pass cigarettes sef
One Mrs. Aigbido wrote, “But u smoke cigarettes so someone who even smokes weed better pass u
One Eddyson wrote, “You stop smoking weed but you smoke cigarettes. Bella you’re a smoker”.
A few weeks back, Acclaimed singer and artist Gabriel Othe Amanyi whose stage name is Terry G celebrated a significant personal milestone—100 days of sobriety.
The artist shared a video expressing his joy and gratitude, revealing that it marked the 100th day since he had refrained from smoking anything, as he showed off his new appearance.
Reality TV star Soma Apex in a recent development has come on social media to cry out over a bad habit; smoking.
He expressed his readiness to quit while he further disclosed how difficult a habit he was. He went on to ask past smokers who quit how they had been able to successfully quit.
A lot of netizens took to his comment section on Twitter to share helpful insights and advice on how he can cope with smoking.
Meanwhile, embattled singer, Naira Marley offered a prayer to God over his addiction to smoking, revealing that he didn’t want to quit smoking as he pleaded with God to not allow him to see anything that would make him stop smoking.
Joining him, Kizz Daniel had returned to his old habit of smoking which he had publicly denounced.
The singer who had openly admitted his addiction to smoking, as well as condemned the act and vowed to stop, has gone back to his old habit as he stated that it isn’t easy to leave it.
To top it off, Afrobeat singer, Burna Boy revealed he turned down a $5 million deal to perform in the United Arab Emirates, UAE because he wouldn’t be allowed to smoke weed while there.
He noted how the Emirate law prohibits smoking in parks, beaches, and all public recreational areas in Dubai, as made it known that he can’t go to any place where he would be restricted to smoke.
