Vocal powerhouse Adele believes that her offstage activity causes her voice more damage than her incredible performances. 

The 'Set Fire To The Rain' superstar was recently forced to cancel her entire U.S. tour after recurring problems with her throat meant that she simply had to take a break to allow it to recover, and she has now explained that chatting is probably the main cause. 

"I damage my voice offstage, not onstage. Onstage I am fine as apparently I am technically great, but when I talk I damage my voice big time. I have got screwed into giving up smoking."

"Smoking is not the reason I got laryngitis – it was because I was talking too much."

She added to The Sun newspaper, "if I wasn't a singer I still would be smoking 25 a day. Smoking is my favourite thing to do in the world, I am gutted I have had to give up."

Watch her stunning stripped back rendition of 'Turning Tables' here: