Stopped smoking after taking the 40-day Kick it! Beat it! quit smoking
celebrity challenge, an advocacy campaign in support of the Philippine
health department's smoking cessation program sponsored by Pfizer
Consumer Healthcare. He is among the first batch of celebrities joining
the campaign from August 23 to October 1, 2006; the others are Amanda
Griffin,
Rica Peralejo and DJ-sportscaster Vitto Lazatin. He used to be
chain-smoker.