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“I don’t think there’s too many smokers that are happy to be smokers. I’ve declared my addiction to nicotine, and the battle is real every morning. I’m very thankful that my daughters don’t smoke,” she told Radio 6PR. Asked whether she was comfortable with her habit being drawn into the debate she said: “yes and no”. “I suppose because a part of having a nicotine addiction, there’s a fair bit of shame attached to it,” she said. “If you talk to most smokers, it’s not something anyone’s proud of, and it’s not actually something anybody wants to be doing – give me something magic right now, and I’ll take it from you. “I’m happy about that conversation, because I think that’s perhaps what also needs to happen with young people.
