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Jun 22, 2008 11:36 am US/Pacific

Father: Amy's Lungs Damaged From Smoking Crack

British Singer Hospitalized With Early Stage Emphysema

LONDON (AP) ― Amy Winehouse's father says his daughter has lung damage from smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes.

Mitch Winehouse told the Sunday Mirror newspaper Amy has early stage emphysema and has been warned that she will have to wear an oxygen mask unless she stops smoking drugs. Mitch Winehouse said Amy also had an irregular heartbeat, in an interview published Sunday.

Winehouse collapsed at her north London home Monday after signing autographs for a group of fans and was taken for tests at a London hospital. She has remained under observation.

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