Simon Cowell turns to e-cigarettes to quit smoking

Simon Cowell has decided to try vaping in an attempt to quit smoking after numerous failed attempts. He is now more determined after becoming a father, prompting him to look into the popular e-cigarettes.

Cowell told The Sun: “The idea is to cut down on the number. The Vape has been successful. It’s a good one, it tastes nice and sweet.

My driver was on 40-a-day and he has cut out smoking completely. I’m on 80-a-day now. It’s a step in the right direction. I don’t smoke in front of Eric for obvious reasons.”

The America’s Got Talent judge worries that his young son, Eric, would ask him to kick the habit someday.

He added: “I have tried everything. If Eric grows up and says stop it I don’t know what I would do.

I don’t smoke around him and I wouldn’t do that. I have thought about what he might say in a few years. It is my worst vice … this is the one thing I would find very difficult to give up because I do love a cigarette.”

The music mogul had previously undergone hypnotherapy, but resumed smoking merely minutes after ending the session.

“I tried once to give up smoking, and the first thing I did when I walked out of the hypnotist’s was light up a cigarette. I actually wanted one more,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Cowell has admitted that fatherhood has helped him grow and be calmer, adding: “I think like with anything, you have a lot more perspective on things.

Eric has made a massive difference because I wasn’t expecting that and I didn’t know what that would bring to my life. He is so much fun.”