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Commercials and extended videos featuring Jessica, whose son, Aden, had asthma attacks that were triggered by exposure to secondhand smoke. Videos from the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, which features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Pre-written article intended for Hispanics / Latinos, ready for adaptation and use by journalists, bloggers, or other members of the media. about the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, which features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Commercials and extended videos featuring Brandon, who lost his foot, fingers, and other body parts to Buerger's disease, a disorder linked to smoking. Videos from the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, which features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Commercials and extended videos featuring Michael, an Alaska Native, and member of the Tlingit tribe, has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a condition caused by smokinge. Videos from the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, which features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

The story of Suzy, a former smoker who suffered a stroke and is featured in CDC's Tips from Former Smokers campaign.

Commercials and extended videos featuring Terrie, who quit smoking after being diagnosed with oral and throat cancer. Videos from the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, which features real people suffering as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.

In Memorial, To date, October 1918 remains the deadliest month in U.S. history when approximately 200,000 Americans died of the flu. Healthy, young adults (average age 35 years) began coughing in the morning and were dead by the evening. The family stories described in this section define true courage amid unbearable loss.

I Survived, The staggering statistics associated with pandemics sometimes makes it difficult to remember that each number represents a single, human life. In this section, survivors share their intimate recollections of either their own illness or that of a loved one. All these storytellers are 90-plus years of age and they have carried with them for a lifetime their memories of the 1918 flu pandemic.