Did Willie Nelson Stop Smoking Weed? Why the Singer Gave up the Ganj

You see, Willie Nelson still wants to tour and sing, and in order to do that, he had to take better care of his health. In an interview with KSAT, Willie said, “I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days and I have to be careful. I started smoking cedar bark, went from that to cigarettes to whatever. And that almost killed me.”