Casey Donovan made a splash in the third series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here when it was shown in Australia. She did so well, she won the show. That wasn’t her only achievement though. In the 45 days she spent in the jungle, she quit smoking (something of a requirement, we would think, given the meagre rations and lack of luxuries campmates are allowed).
But since the programme finished, it looks as though Casey has continued to stay away from the cigarettes. She was spotted out and about in Melbourne recently, enjoying a puff or two on an electronic cigarette as she went.
The I’m a Celebrity experience can turn into a nightmare for some campmates. However, Casey looks as though she benefited from it in more ways than one. Not only did she win and stop smoking, she also lost 17 kilos – that’s just over two-and-a-half stone. Losing weight seems to be par for the course for this show, but we hadn’t thought of an enforced ban on smoking before.
Casey gave a series of interviews following her successful stint on the show, and she mentioned she’d quit smoking and hadn’t been allowed to smoke off-camera, either. She also said she wanted to quit for good, and she seems to be making good on that aim, thanks to the e-cigs she has been spotted with.
Celebrities puffing on e-cigarettes isn’t an uncommon sight anymore. There have been plenty of instances where celebrities all over the world have been spotted using electronic cigarettes. Many of them were originally smokers, so it looks as if they are using the e-cigs to help them kick the habit just as many other people from other walks of life are.
What is your opinion on seeing famous people vaping? Do you think they act as positive role models to young people who might be thinking of quitting smoking? Seeing famous people make the switch from smoking to vaping does have a powerful influence, and it could help bring down the number of smokers still further.
Whatever the case, Casey Donovan seems delighted at her experience on the Australian version of I’m a Celebrity. If it ultimately helped her to give up smoking permanently, along with the help of vaping once she got out and back to normal life, we can’t imagine anything better than that.
