Adele is convinced her voice is weaker because she has quit smoking.
The 28-year-old singer made the decision to quit five years ago after a vocal cord haemorrhage in 2011 led to her having surgery.
But she told Canadian entertainment show etalk that she believes kicking the cigarettes had actually adversely affected her vocals.
She said: ‘The people with the best voices, they always smoke. I’ve given up smoking and I’m convinced that’s made my voice weaker.’
But she did think there was one definite advantage in giving up the fags. She added: ‘My fingers ain’t orange anymore!’
Adele also spoke about how working with Bruno Mars on her track ‘All I Ask’ last year made her realise she misses smoking.
She explained: ‘Bruno smokes like an old woman. My make-up artist will stink after having a fag. I had never noticed it before.’
At the height of her addiction, Adele smoked up to 25 cigarettes a day. But after quitting the habit, she told the Mirror that she had given up because she was knew smoking would eventually kill her.
She said: ‘If I’d carried on smoking, I’d probably have died from a smoking-related illness, and I think that’s really bad.’
According to the NHS, smoking is still one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK, killing 100,000 people a year.
Adele fans have not noticed the difference in her voice, as her tour of the US continues to impress. On Tuesday night, she dedicated her concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, following the announcement of their divorce.
However, as she took to the stage at the venue again on Thursday night, Adele changed her mind and told the audience she had been joking when she said the Brangelina split represented the ‘end of an era’.
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