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Keith Richards<\/a> has revealed the pesky habit he was forced to stop altogether after his body \u201cscreamed for help\u201d. <\/p>\n The Rolling Stones guitarist is currently in the lead-up to the band\u2019s forthcoming album, Foreign Tounges, set for a July 10th release.<\/p>\n In all the excitement, it\u2019s easy to forget that Richards is 82-years-old. Because of this, Richards isn\u2019t able to party like he used to, and has been forced to change some of his usual habits<\/a> as old age comes knocking at the door.<\/p>\n Discussing his longevity in a new interview with The Guardian<\/a>, he admitted, \u201cI tended to listen to my body just before it screamed for help.\u201d<\/p>\n He went on, \u201cI mean, I wasn\u2019t far from the end of the runway before I screamed for help. But you tend to slow down if you want to keep going; you pace yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n With that in mind, Richards revealed that he quit smoking cigarettes six years ago. He explained, \u201cSuddenly, I felt like after all these years of smoking \u2013 because, you know,\u00a0a man smokes\u00a0\u2013 I was sat around with this silly thing in my mouth thinking: how childish.\u201d<\/p>\n The star added, \u201cIt was that that put me off more than anything, although I smoke a lot of weed.\u201d<\/p>\n The smiling rocker quipped that, he might not be drinking the week of the interview, \u201cbut otherwise, yeah, in moderation. So, yeah, it\u2019s only a ton of heroin a day now,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n
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