Singer and former Diplomat Gilad Millo has disclosed that he spent Sh20 million on buying cigarettes.
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I spent Sh20 million on Cigarettes – Singer Gilad opens up on quitting smoking after 30 years
Sh20 million on cigarettes!
Gilad Millo with singer Tsedenia Gebre. I spent Sh20 million on Cigarettes – Singer Gilad opens up on quitting smoking after 30 years
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The Unajua singer in an interview with Betty Kyallo opened up on cigarette addiction saying that he was a heavy smoker for more than 30 years.
During this time, he smoked more than 40 cigarettes every single day, adding that he experienced challenges when it came to taking a flight of stairs.
I spent Sh20 million on Cigarettes – Singer Gilad opens up on quitting smoking after 30 years (Gilad with Kagwe Mungai)
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He also disclosed that he could organize meetings in places he was allowed to smoke, otherwise he wouldn’t concentrate in the meetings.
“I was not a big drinker and it’s not like a while I quit. I still have like beer or wine every once in a while. It used to be like you’d go out so you drink. I don’t do that anymore. But the reason behind it more was the quitting of smoking. I used to smoke cigarettes, I got up to two packets a day for 30 years. There’s 20 cigarettes in a pack, so I’d smoke over 40 cigarettes a day for 30 plus years I smoked on and off. I don’t think there’s anything worse for you in this world like smoking, it’s a killer. Back then I would go upstairs breathing, coughing, you know you wake up every morning cough and such and it’s a very difficult life. I would plan meeting only in places where I could have a cigarette. Otherwise I couldn’t even concentrate on the meeting. Today it’s like being born again,” narrated Gilad.
Betty Kyalo with Gilad Millo and a fan at KICC roof top
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Turning point
Gilad pointed out that his quitting journey began when he visited his mother in Israel and she paid for a seminar that saw him become the man he is today.
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According to him, he never saw himself without smoking even for a single day.
“My mum was forever on my case for smoking and one time I visited Israel and she was like ‘my gift I’m treating you to this seminar, I’m paying you just go’ and I said mum you’re wasting your money I’ll never quit… we calculated when I did the seminar and in my lifetime I spent approximately 15-20 million on cigarettes. Do the math, 30 years of buying this poison, I ended up spending a house,” he added.
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