Nigerian singer and songwriter, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has taken to social media to open up about why he smokes.

The Marlian president, in a post shared via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, June 14, shared the reason why he smokes with his fans and followers.

According to him, he smokes to get fit.

”I smoke to get fit”, he tweeted.

See his post below,

This revelation stirred quite a number of reactions from his fans, including controversial social media critic Danie Regha.

“Naira Marley u can’t “smoke to get fit”, that’s either a blatant lie or a misconception; Don’t be brainwashed cos smoking affects one’s stem cells, can cause cancer, heart disease, makes one age faster etc. So it’s best u qu!t while u can, cos “smokers are liable to die young”. Daniel wrote.

Another tweep @Ambassadorukgov wrote,

“What message are you passing to the youths? .. they should also smoke for fitness sake ? .. you have enough money to take good care of your health what about dose that don’t have , what will be their case ?”

Meanwhile, Nigerian Singer, Kizz Daniel recently quit smoking for good and he has opened up that it wasn’t an easy decision and he still finds a way to inhale it when he’s around his friends.

He made this disclosure during a Q&A session he had with fans on Twitter.

The fan asked him ;

How do you feel since you’ve stopped smoking?
Was it a hard decision to make?

He replied;
Honestly, I still stay around my guys that smoke just to inhale 😂 but I’m getting there. E no easy , it takes time I guess 🤷🏾‍♂️

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