Willow Smith, 19, opens up about how marijuana affected her and why she stopped
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Willow Smith got candid about her marijuana use and why she decided to cut back.
In a new episode of "Red Table Talk," which she co-hosts with her mother Jada Pinkett Smith and her grandmother Adrienne Banfield Jones, Willow spoke openly about how smoking affected her life.
“When I stopped smoking it was a really big eye-opener,” she said. “There are so many people that I called friends in my life who just kind of like [drifted away]. It really made me think like, ‘This is really interesting.’”
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Willow said she's been marijuana-free for three months after her use became "excessive." Now that she's cut back, the 19-year-old admitted she's more focused and productive.
“And I know this sounds cheesy but around the time I stopped smoking, I started doing a lot of yoga and I just excelled because I was putting all of my energy into that, I wasn’t doing anything else,” she said. “And I was like, ‘Wow, what if I was doing this with everything?’ And then it really made me think, ‘What have I been missing? What have I been not putting my all into or not putting all of my brainpower into?’”
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Jada said she was thankful her daughter changed her habits because she noticed the difference. "As your mother, I could see the effects of it that you couldn’t," she said.
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Willow said that during self-reflection, she realized she was smoking out of boredom and encouraged others listening to figure out where their desire to smoke originates from.
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“Just really think about what is the first thought in your head before you smoke. What is your first thought? And if that’s a thought of stress or using it as a crutch in any way, try to think about that,” Willow explained. “And if that comes from a negative place, examine that, because if it comes from a negative place, that could snowball.”
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She added: “Just think about what are some other things that you could utilize that aren’t physically or mentally dampening.”
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"Red Table Talk" is available to watch on Facebook.