Amy Winehouse Smoking After Release from Hospital

After Amy Winehouse (24) was released from the hospital she immediately lit up a cigarette. Mitch Winehouse let the world know Amy has the early stages of emphysema, which is a progressive, and deadly, lung disease, brought on by Amy smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes. Amy’s publicist later said Mitch had misspoken "out of his concern for her." Amy’s U.S. based rep Tracey Miller said:

"She is not diagnosed with full-blown emphysema, but instead has early signs of what could lead to emphysema."

First of all, Amy’s rep is not a doctor, and second, Amy’s father was repeating what doctors told him, so Miller needs to keep her mouth shut. Amy does have emphysema that was confirmed by medical tests. Mitch said the other day:

"The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs, it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She has 70 percent lung capacity."

Amy’s London based rep Chris Goodman said:

"It’s a scarring of the lungs which could lead to emphysema. If she keeps doing the wrong things, then it could lead to it [emphysema]. If she does the right things, it won’t."

Goodman should keep his mouth shut too. The first thing Amy did when she left the hospital was start smoking a cigarette, so we know where this story is going.

Mitch said he believe it will be good for Amy to perform at Nelson Mandela’s birthday bash, because she is less likely to do drugs when she’s working. Um, that’s not what we’ve seen. Amy is getting paid $2 million for the gig, which can help pay her hospital bills now, and into the *cough cough* future.