HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Katherine Heigl wants to kick her worst habit.
The 31-year-old actress is trying to quit smoking in order to set a good example for her 20-month-old daughter, Naleigh, with husband Josh Kelley.
"Now I use an electronic cigarette," Heigl tells Parade magazine of her battle to quit. "I know it's ridiculous, but it's helping me not to actually smoke real cigarettes. You feel like you are smoking, and you get to exhale but it's just water vapor and not nicotine. I've been doing it for six months. Smoking sucks!"
She adds, "The one thing I would say to my kid is, 'It's not just that it's bad for you. Do you want to spend the rest of your life fighting a stupid addiction to a stupid thing that doesn't even really give you a good buzz?' "
In addition to be a good role model, Heigl is also doing her best to be an amazing wife. However, that can be a bit more challenging when she's locking lips in her roles, including her upcoming romantic comedy with Josh Duhamel, Life As We Know It.
"Actually, he and Josh Duhamel are good friends, but he would never come to the set when Josh and had to like kiss or make out," Heigl says of her hubby. "It does make him uncomfortable because he's not an actor, he's a musician. He always says to me, 'How would you feel if I had to make out with some girl in a video?' And I'm like, 'If you have to do it, you have to do it. But I wouldn't want you to come home and tell me what a great kisser she is and I should try her technique.' "
As for her decision to leave Grey's Anatomy, Heigl admits Dr. Izzie Stevens is still on her mind.
"I really do think about her, I really do. I'll always love that character and I will always, in my mind, protect her," she says. "I think she was a fierce, fierce woman. She went through a ton of stuff in her life, and she was a survivor, so I think she survives. I don't know if she stays a doctor or not."
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