I have smoked cigarette’s for 32 years now – Singer Gilad opens up

Singer Gilad has been smoking before a better part of Ghafla’s fan base was born.

Yes, the singer started smoking in 1986(32 years) but is now making huge steps in staying away from tobacco.

Speaking to Adele and Shaffie on Kiss FM, the singer confessed that he’s greatest achievement this year has been him not smoking for six months.

“I have stopped smoking for six months now, that’s like the biggest thing in my life. I have smoked cigarette’s for 32 years now and I quit, I never believed I could do it.” he said. 

Expensive Habit

His confession comes a few weeks after Radio Jamno presenter Terrence Macharia better known as Terence Creative confessed he had smoked at least 166,000 cigarettes over a period of 22 years. According to his estimates, smoking has cost him at least Sh800,000 over the same period.

“I had smoked for 22 years, between ages 9 – 14 I was a soft smoker but from age 16 I became a heavy smoker. I smoked 2 -3 packs a day. On estimate before quitting, I had smoked more than 166,000 cigarettes, in this, I haven’t counted Shisha and Marijuana. Estimates on the lower side I had spent more than 804,000ksh on smoke,” he said.

For Gilad, he must have spent over a million shillings.