Editing Kevin Smith (section)

===Health===
[[File:Kevin Smith (43077197624) (cropped).jpg|alt=Smith holding a microphone|thumb|Smith in 2018, several months after his [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and having lost significant weight via a [[veganism|vegan]] diet]]
Smith never smoked until his debut film, ''Clerks'', in which he used the [[cigarette]]s as a prop, but did not inhale. He quit [[Smoking cessation|smoking cigarettes]] in 2008, when he took up smoking [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] after working with [[Seth Rogen]] on ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=WATCH: Kevin Smith Talks Smoking Weed On Leno |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-smith-leno-smoking-pot-video_n_946832 |work=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=February 18, 2022 |date=September 2, 2011}}</ref>

Smith has had a history of [[Yo-yo effect|yo-yo dieting]]. He lost {{convert|50|lb|kg}} upon meeting his wife. During production of ''[[Clerks II]]'' in 2005, he went from {{convert|319|lb|kg}} to {{convert|269|lb|kg}}. After watching ''[[Fed Up (film)|Fed Up]]'', he eliminated [[sugar]] from his diet and took up juice fasts in 2014, lowering his weight from {{convert|330|lb|kg}} to {{convert|240|lb|kg}}.{{citation needed|reason=The whole paragraph needs citation/s.|date=September 2020}}

On February 25, 2018, after performing a [[stand-up comedy]] show at the [[Alex Theatre]] in [[Glendale, California]], Smith suffered a severe [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] caused by a total blockage of the [[Anterior interventricular branch of left coronary artery|left anterior descending artery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/kevin-smith-tweets-he-suffered-a-massive-heart-attack-1088297/|title=Kevin Smith Tweets He Suffered a 'Massive Heart Attack'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/global/kevin-smith-heart-attack-1202710183/|title=Kevin Smith Tweets About 'Massive Heart Attack' and Treatment|work=Variety|date=February 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Smith Suffers Heart Attack After Comedy Show in Glendale|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/02/26/kevin-smith-heart-attack/|access-date=February 28, 2018|date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> An ambulance rushed him to the nearby [[Glendale Adventist Medical Center]] for emergency surgery, from which he recovered. Following the episode, his doctor told him he needed to lose another {{convert|50|lb|kg}}. He adopted a vegan diet,<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Smith |first=Kevin |interviewer=Rich Pelley |title=Kevin Smith: 'How are you going to get laid if you look like an old person?' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/06/kevin-smith-how-are-you-going-to-get-laid-if-you-look-like-an-old-person |date=2022-10-06}}</ref> also joining [[WW International|Weight Watchers]] and becoming a paid spokesperson for the brand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Smith: Having a heart attack was the best thing that ever happened to me |url=https://www.today.com/health/kevin-smith-having-heart-attack-was-best-thing-ever-happened-t127518 |first=Scott |last=Stump |work=Today Show |date=April 23, 2018}}</ref>

On the fifth anniversary of his heart attack, Smith confirmed that he had quit using marijuana in early 2023 and had experienced a mental health crisis earlier in the year that led him to reassess his livelihood and identify as a [[co-dependent]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Abbey |date=2023-04-26 |title=Kevin Smith Reveals He Spent a Month in a Mental Health Treatment Facility, Was Sexually Abused as a Child |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/kevin-smith-mental-health-facility-childhood-sexual-abuse-1235402610/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>