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It’s been now one year since he touched a cigarette and\u00a0Macharia warned others who are addicted to work on dropping smoking.<\/p>\n
\u201c365 days ago I was a smoke slave, I couldn\u2019t function without smoke, I kept it to my mind that I needed to smoke to be more creative, later on I realized it was just a myth, I prayed to God and said to myself I will quit, I prayed and told God to free me coz am His child and He did. I had smoked for 22years, between age 9 – 14 I was a soft smoker but from age 16 I became a heavy smoker,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n Adding:<\/p>\n “I smoked 2 -3 packs a day. Estimately before quitting, I had smoked more than 166,000 cigarettes, in this, I haven’t count Shisha and Marijuana. Estimately on the lower side I had spent more than 804,000ksh on smoke. Well, am glad I did it, thanks to my wife @millychebby for pushing me hard and friends that encouraged me. Smoking cost me a lot, loss of dignity, loss of jobs, I remember some of my \u2018friends\u2019 who wanted to me to offer my creative services to them used to say \u201chuyu usimpee pesa,bora uende na fegi atakuskiza\u201d.\u00a0 That’s how low I could stoop, and as an addict, you put smoke ahead of you. I have a lot to say but am glad people view me differently now. You too can quit from whatever enslaves you, choose a struggle and don’t look back. #GodFirst #myQuitingJourney #happy1stanniversary #smokefree\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How many packets of cigarettes do you smoke in a day? Whatever the number, you need to stop. Comedian turned\u00a0Radio Jambo presenter Terrence Macharia had to learn this the hard way after getting hooked on cigarettes for almost 22 years. The comedian, who hosts\u00a0\u201cJAMBOMASSAWE\u201d alongside\u00a0Massawe Japanni opened up about smoking over\u00a0166,000 cigarettes in those 22 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6017,"featured_media":86045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[23709,79874,79873],"class_list":["post-86044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-churchill-at-40-news","tag-masewe-jappani","tag-radio-jambo"],"yoast_head":"\n