--- title: Adele Smoking: I Would 'Probably Have Died' If I Hand't Quit description: "I think that's really bad" canonical: https://time.com/4156113/adele-says-she-would-probably-have-died-if-she-hadnt-quit-smoking/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-19T21:36:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:59.901Z og:title: Adele Says She Would 'Probably Have Died' If She Hadn't Quit Smoking og:description: "I think that's really bad" og:url: https://time.com/4156113/adele-says-she-would-probably-have-died-if-she-hadnt-quit-smoking/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38f1c10a26f74abf/698876362dce012b609e70ab/adele4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: adele og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adele Says She Would 'Probably Have Died' If She Hadn't Quit Smoking twitter:description: "I think that's really bad" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38f1c10a26f74abf/698876362dce012b609e70ab/adele4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adele Says She Would 'Probably Have Died' If She Hadn't Quit Smoking by [Andrea Park / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Andrea Park / People Dec 19, 2015 9:36 PM UTC  Adele in Cologne, Germany on Dec. 6, 2015. Adele in Cologne, Germany on Dec. 6, 2015.Sascha Steinbach—Getty Images by [Andrea Park / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Andrea Park / People Dec 19, 2015 9:36 PM UTC Smoking cigarettes wasn’t a sustainable lifestyle choice for the woman who is currently one of the world’s most popular singers. In a new interview with British newspaper [_The Daily Mirror_](http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/adele-says-quit-smoking-because-7038843),[Adele](http://www.people.com/people/adele) revealed that she quit smoking because she was worried about the consequences. “If I’d carried on smoking, I’d probably have died from a smoking-related illness, and I think that’s really bad,” she said. The “[Hello](http://www.people.com/article/adele-jimmy-fallon-hello-classroom-instruments)” singer, 27, added, “If I was dying from lung cancer, I would have potentially given it to myself, and that wouldn’t be something I’d be proud of.” Adele said she smoked an average of 25 cigarettes a day and, as a result, lost her voice and was forced to cancel shows in 2011\. After undergoing an operation, doctors said her career would soon be over if she didn’t quit smoking. The [record-shattering](http://www.people.com/article/adele-25-topping-nielsen-music-sales-records) artist also recently spoke to [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.people.com/article/adele-weight-loss-gym-rolling-stone-interview) about working toward improving her health – which included quitting smoking so she can be there for 3-year-old son Angelo James. “I absolutely loved it, but it’s not that f—ing cool when I’m dying from a smoking-related illness and my kid is, like, devastated,” she said. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/adele-quit-smoking-cigarettes-to-prevent-smoking-related-illness) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/adele-quit-smoking-cigarettes-to-prevent-smoking-related-illness) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156113/adele-says-she-would-probably-have-died-if-she-hadnt-quit-smoking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156113/adele-says-she-would-probably-have-died-if-she-hadnt-quit-smoking/"},"headline":"Adele Says She Would 'Probably Have Died' If She Hadn't Quit Smoking","datePublished":"2015-12-19T21:36:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:59.901Z","description":"\"I think that's really bad\"","url":"https://time.com/4156113/adele-says-she-would-probably-have-died-if-she-hadnt-quit-smoking/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38f1c10a26f74abf/698876362dce012b609e70ab/adele4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrea Park / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38f1c10a26f74abf/698876362dce012b609e70ab/adele4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"adele","caption":"attends the television show 2015! 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