Simon Cowell is taking concrete steps towards getting rid of his 15-a-day cigarette habit, and has begun treatment at an addiction clinic.
The 52-year-old music mogul is seeking help at a top facility in London, giving in to the urging of friends and family to stop smoking. Cowell had admitted that he started smoking at the age of eight. He was also quoted as saying that he loved to smoke, and that he equated smoking with “having a good time.”
Max Clifford, spokesman for Simon Cowell, gave the following statement: “Simon is a very healthy guy who looks after himself diet-wise very well. But he has made a New Year’s resolution to give up, or at least significantly cut back, on his smoking.”
A report on The People revealed that Cowell has a family history of lung cancer. His mother, 87-year-old Julie, had shared: “My father Robert was a heavy smoker like Simon and he died of lung cancer at the age of 62.”
A source had shared with the paper that the Britain’s Got Talent judge felt that is was time to quit his habit. The source said: “He’s been smoking since a very young age and feels the time is now right to try to stop. He has no major health issues at the moment, but, as always, he is under a lot of pressure with his work schedule. Simon’s mother and some of his closest friends have been nagging him for some time to stop smoking. His grandfather Robert was a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer. His father suffered a heart attack. It made Simon think long and hard about his own health now.”
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