Willie Nelson Says <br />He Has Quit Smoking.<br />The 86-year-old cites breathing <br />and health problems as <br />the main reasons.<br />I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days and I have to be careful, Willie Nelson, to CNN affiliate KSAT .<br />This past August, Nelson <br />delayed a music tour over <br />issues with his breathing.<br />He soon resumed the tour and <br />has no plans to stop performing.<br />I started smoking cedar bark, went from that to cigarettes to whatever. I don't smoke anymore -- take better care <br />of myself, Willie Nelson, to CNN affiliate KSAT .<br />Nelson has long supported marijuana legalization and the use of industrial hemp.<br />In 2015, he started his own line of cannabis called "Willie's Reserve."
