Music lovers would not have heard the monster hit “Hello” by 27-year-old British singer Adele had she not quit smoking. At least that's how the “Someone Like You” singer described it to the media.

However, Adele developed a fear for her life that she decided to turn cold turkey in 2011. The birth of her son Angelo the next year also motivated Adele not to go back to the habit linked with lung cancer.

Until she quit, Adele used to smoke 25 cigarettes a day, she confesses to Mirror on Friday. She explains, “If I’d carried on smoking I’d probably have died from a smoking-related illness, and I think that’s really bad.”

She adds, “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.” Because of the damage she had done to her body, Adele suffered from chronic throat hemorrhage which occurs when blood collects within the layers of the vocal cords. (Related: Complete Guide To Help Quit Smoking)

Throatdisorder.com reminds “Singers and others who use their voices often who experience a sudden change in the voice should be concerned for a hemorrhage and evaluated immediately to prevent long term damage.” It’s a good thing that Adele heeded what her body has been telling her and consulted a doctor who recommended vocal cord surgery which Adele underwent in 2011.

The surgery was just one aspect, Adele had to quit the vice for her to continue her singing career. However, during the earlier stages of quitting the habit, the Grammy awardee struggled with quitting. Because she experienced laryngitis a week before her first album came out which frightened her to quit smoking.

Adele did not only give up cigarettes but also drinking, eating or drinking citrus, spicy foods and caffeine. She found the clean life “so f*****g boring” that she was quoted as saying she would “rather (her) voice be a bit s***” instead of quitting smoking, reports the New York Daily News.

Fast forward to 2015, Adele acknowledges her decision to go clean was right, and she is rewarded with the record-breaking “25” album, a filled world tour, including dozens of concerts in major North American cities that is also breaking Ticketmaster sales. E! News reports that since the tickets went on sale on Thursday, fans are complaining of difficulty in buying good seats.

In minutes, tickets were sold out. Ticketmaster had sold so far 750,000 tickets, although it definitely cannot meet the 10 million demand.

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