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Michael, an Alaska Native, was shocked when doctors found serious lung damage from smoking. He was only 44. He always thought he’d be an old man before smoking ever hurt him. In this video from CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Michael talks about living in constant fear. Smoking gave Michael COPD, a disease that […]

Michael started smoking at age 9, when his sister gave him his first cigarette. In this video from CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Michael talks about getting addicted as a child. His addiction kept him smoking for many years, despite early signs of breathing trouble. One day he awoke, gasping for air. Michael has […]

Terrie started smoking in high school to look cool. Soon, cigarettes became her constant companion. At age 40, Terrie learned that she had cancer from smoking, which sent her down a new, much harder path in life. Shortly before her death, Terrie filmed this TV commercial for CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ […]

When Terrie was a child, doctors first linked smoking with cancer. As a teen, Terrie started smoking, like so many other people around her. As she grew older, smoking was linked to more and more diseases. At age 40, Terrie got cancer from smoking. In this TV commercial from CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® […]

Tiffany didn’t think about all the ways smoking hurt her daily life until she quit. Then, life quickly started getting better. Food tasted better, she had more energy, and she had more confidence. And there was one big surprise. In this video from CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ ® ) campaign, Tiffany […]

Terrie got shocking news when she was just 40. She had cancer from the cigarettes she’d started smoking in high school. Rather than retreat, Terrie shared her health struggles with the world to inspire smokers to quit. In this video from CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ ® ) campaign, Terrie talks about […]

Nathan never smoked cigarettes, but he worked in a smoky casino, and this permanently damaged his lungs. He slowly became too sick to dance at Pow-Wows, a part of his Oglala Sioux tradition. He said, “It’s like breathing through a straw. You can’t get enough air.” In this video, he explains how he copes when […]

Ellie never smoked, but in her midthirties she developed asthma from breathing other people’s smoke. She worked in bars that served LGBT communities and noticed a lot of smokers. Ellie loved her work but had to quit her job to protect her health. In this video from CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ […]

Bill started smoking as a teenager—and ignored his doctor’s warning that smoking could make his diabetes much worse. In this emotional video from CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ ® ) campaign, Bill explains how much his life changed. He quit smoking before he turned 40, but not before losing a leg, kidney […]

Exposure to secondhand smoke triggered a serious asthma attack for Jamason when he was 16. He spent 4 days in the hospital, gasping for breath. In this video from CDC’s _Tips From Former Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ ® ) campaign, he talks about asking his friends not to smoke near him. Some are surprised that […]

Smoking gave Terrie cancer at age 40. In this TV commercial for CDC’s _Tips_ _From_ _Former_ _Smokers_ ® ( _Tips_ ® ) campaign, she speaks from a hospital bed. In the unique, raspy voice she developed after losing her larynx to cancer, she shares a simple message: “Don’t smoke. And if you do smoke, quit. […]

Smoking while you’re pregnant can cause serious health problems for you and your baby. In this TV ad for CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Amanda talks about the time her baby spent in a hospital incubator. Amanda had tried to quit smoking, but she was unable to overcome her addiction to cigarettes. Her baby […]

Brett started smoking cigarettes at age 16. By his mid-30s, Brett had gum disease—a danger for all people who smoke. By age 42, he had lost most of his teeth, including 16 during one surgery. In this TV ad, Brett says that your smile says a lot about you, and smoking can take that smile […]

Shawn was 14 years old when he started smoking. In his mid-40s, a chronic cough and laryngitis turned out to be throat cancer. He finally quit smoking—but doctors were unable to save his larynx. In this TV ad, Shawn talks about the hardships of life with a stoma, a permanent opening in his throat. Comments […]

Smoking is especially dangerous for people who are living with HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS. Brian learned that lesson the hard way, when he had a stroke—a brain attack—at age 43. Over time, smoking and having HIV had led to clogged blood vessels in Brian’s neck. In this video from CDC’s _Tips From […]

Felicita started smoking at age 12. In her 30s and 40s, she had gum problems and loose teeth, but she didn’t know that smoking could harm her gums. Felicita had developed gum disease, and like many people, she did not have a lot of pain as the disease got worse. In this video from CDC’s […]

This media briefing unveils the next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring new health conditions. Speakers include Dr. Tim McAfee, director of CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health; Dr. Brian King, senior scientist in CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health; and Amanda, a former smoker and Tips ad participant. Comments on […]

A Rose le dio cáncer de pulmón por fumar cigarrillos. En este anuncio de televisión, ella habla acerca de su operación y difícil recuperación. Después de la operación, todos los días durante un mes, Rose rezó para que los médicos le sacaran el doloroso tubo que tenía en el pecho. El consejo de Rose es: […]

Felicita comenzó a fumar a los 12 años y Brett a los 16. Ninguno de ellos sabía que fumar podría dañar sus encías y dientes. Sin embargo, ambos aprendieron a la fuerza que fumar puede destruir la sonrisa. En este anuncio de televisión bilingüe para la campaña de los CDC Consejos de exfumadores, tanto Brett […]

Rose started smoking at 13, and before long, she was spending her school lunch money on cigarettes instead of food. Her addiction to cigarettes led to lung cancer—and the fight of her life. In this video from CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Rose talks about living with cancer. She never really believed that she […]