Ozzy Osbourne says nicotine is the hardest drug he ever had to give up. The rocker, who has battled alcoholism and illegal substance addictions throughout his life, admits he continued to smoke while wearing nicotine patches, even though it made him ill.
He said in an interview with Guitar World magazine: "They're all a **** to kick, but I'd have to say cigarettes were the toughest. I used to cover my whole body with nicotine patches. I looked like a f***ing mummy. And I'd still smoke! Then my heart would start beating like crazy and I'd break out in sweats. But one day I just said, 'Enough of this s**t.' And I quit, just like that."