In March 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the first-ever paid national tobacco education campaign Tips From Former Smokers (Tips). Tips encouraged people to quit smoking by highlighting the toll that smoking-related illnesses take on smokers and their loved ones. The hard-hitting ads showed people living with the real and painful consequences of smoking. Many of the people featured in the ads started smoking in their early teens, and some were diagnosed with life-changing diseases before they were age 40. The ads featured suggestions or "tips" from former smokers on how to get dressed when you have a stoma or artificial limbs, what scars from heart surgery look like, and reasons why people have quit smoking.
Read more, and view photo and videos here: http://www.powwows.com/2013/04/08/tips-from-former-smokers-videos/#ixzz2VxjGhqQw