Joss Stone has blamed her drinking and smoking ways on the fact that she's British!

The Devon teenager, who is one of the most popular artists Stateside at the moment with her latest album, was talking to The Sun.

She said: "I've been drinking beer since I was 13. I'm English! Sometimes I smoke, sometimes I drink. But I don't go on binges"

Keen to distance herself from other, more infamous, female artists, Stone added: "I'm not a genuine bad girl. I don't want to ruin my voice. But when I'm home in England, I have a beer and a smoke. Sometimes I even smoke weed"