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Congratulations are in order for Coleen Nolan, who has finally managed to give up the cigs
Coleen Nolan has revealed that she’s taken a huge step towards improving her health – finally quitting smoking after decades of being addicted to the evil weed.
The Loose Woman, 59, gave up her nearly two packs a day habit three months ago and went public about her victory in a video released last week to mark National No Smoking Day.
‘At my peak of smoking I was on about 30 probably a day, maybe 35,’ she explained, going on to describe how a terrifying health scare was what finally made her mind up.
‘I got quite ill recently and I literally couldn’t breathe. It freaked me out. I went to the doctor: “It’s a chest infection.” But what he started talking about was emphysema, COPD – “You’re on the cusp of it. You’ve damaged your lungs.”
‘It really, really scared me, it was such a wake-up call. My dad died of a smokingrelated illness.’
Coleen’s grown-up kids were also shocked by how bad their mum’s condition was.
‘They were genuinely scared,’ she explained. ‘They were like, “Oh, we’re actually gonna lose her here,” because it was so bad my breathing that if I got up from the chair and walked to put the kettle on, I couldn’t breathe and then having panic attacks because I couldn’t breathe.’
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