Television viewers in Malaysia and many Southeast and East Asian countries would be familiar with the character of Ah Wong who is portrayed so convincingly by Hong Kong TVB actor Roger Kwok Chun Onn. Did you know that he was once a chain smoker? I didn't until today. It seems that he has now been made an ambassador to encourage smokers to quit. Interested to learn more, then read the article below.
Roger Kwok, as the "Smoking cessation ambassador" attended an activity in Whampoa yesterday. Roger pointed out that he is the best person to be appointed as "Smoking cessation ambassador" because he is an ex-smoker. He had more than 10 years of "smoking" experience before he eventually gave it up 6 years ago.
Roger revealed "When I entered the entertainment industry, I had so much stress, like working all hours. I had to rely on smoking to get by, it was a bad habit. Once I smoked over 2 packets a day. (Wow, how did you give it up when you were such a heavy smoker?) I found out that my health was getting worse since I smoked. When I sang on stage, I ran out of breath and my heart beat was so fast. I tried to quit once, but was unsuccessful due to the fact that my friends around me were smokers. I couldn't handle that "smoking" temptation. However, I was successful the second time round." Roger was asked what was the driving force behind him the second time round? Roger smiled and said he owed it to Myolie Wu. He explained "In a TV series, Myolie was the passenger and I was the rickshaw driver. After only one round of pulling the rickshaw, I was exhausted, my heart was beating very fast and I was shaking. I had to rest for 5 minutes before the second take. At that moment, I knew I had to do it, so I decided to quit smoking."
Source: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/722737-roger-kwok-decided-to-quit-smoking-after-he-ran-out-of-breath-while-filming/
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