Amy Winehouse. Photo Credit: Adam Bielawski / PR PhotosJune 22, 2008 (Sawf News) - Troubled English singer-songwriter, Amy Winehouse, has been diagnosed with Emphysema, a chronic obstructive lung disease often caused by exposure to toxic chemicals or long-term exposure to tobacco smoke.
Amy, 24, was taken to the hospital on June 14 after she fainted and has remained there since then.
Her father, Mitch told the Daily Mail, "With smoking crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up ... She's got 70 per cent lung capacity."
If Amy does not follow medical advice she may be forced to wear a permanent oxygen mask, Mitch, who is a cab driver, added.
"To think this could be my beautiful 24-year-old daughter's life is preposterous. But if drugs mean more to her than breathing properly, then so be it," the exasperated father rued.
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