CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Terrie H.: Don’t Smoke Ad 

If this doesn't get people to quit, nothing will. RIP Terrie.

I'm a grown man sitting here with tears streaming down my face. I remember when Terrie's commercials first started airing. As a non-smoker I always found them chilling and full of emotional impact. I found myself grateful that this woman would put her mistakes, and her disease, on naked display for the good of others. I am sorry to see her life ended with such pain, but I hope her message continues to live on.

I just love how these come on at 12am scaring me out of my sleep.

This is sad poor Terrie. R.I.P

If doesn't convince you to stop smoking, I don't know what will.

I remember Terri's previous commercial. I was moved by her confidence in front of the camera sharing her story. And her saying her grandchildren never heard her per cancerous voice. I applaud her desire to reprise her life by sharing herself in her last days. Me? I never picked up the habit and am grateful. If you don't smoke, don't start.

Terri is heroic and I'm glad she is now free. She turned her tragedy into an opportunity to help other people. She saved lives.

This is why I will NEVER NEVER SMOKE THIS SHOULD BE A WAKE UP CALL TO ALL SMOKERS

This is so haunting. you can really hear the pain she's feeling. Compare it to her earlier videos. She seemed like such a nice woman too. I hope she's in a better place.

Thank you, Terri. My grandma died from bladder cancer caused by smoking at 80. My uncle died at 69 from lung cancer related to smoking...as did his brother and sister, at 45 and 43, respectively. It’s a wicked addiction. Hopefully people in my generation listen to this message.

I saw this as an ad on a RU-vid video and it scared the crap out of me. I will never smoke, that's for sure

I'm in tears, terrie hall is now my inspiring angel rip, much love for her😥😥💞💞💞

I actually tried smoking once, but it mad me dizzy and it made me vomit. I never wanted to smoke again after that. I even asked myself, "How do people get used to this stuff?" It's same thing with me and beer/alcohol. I didn't like it and wondered how people get used to it, so I don't drink, either. Terrie Hall, the poor woman. She used to look so beautiful. As a young woman, she looked kind of like Beverly D'Angelo and look what smoking did to her appearance. At least she died while doing some good for the world. Being an example of what constant smoking can do to you. Well, she is survived by her daughter and grandkids. In fact, one reason why you see people who are so thin is because of getting a snack, they often have a cigarette, instead. My dad started smoking when he was a teenager but I think about a decade ago, he finally stopped. He's put on a little weight because he eats more but he hasn't smoked since. It's better to gain weight by eating a little more than to lose weight by smoking.

I happened to go to sleep with the TV still on last night, and the moment I woke up, I saw this commericial and it scared the soul out of me! It was hard for me to go back to sleep. I do not smoke and never planned on trying, and I never will even think about smoking after seeing these disturbing commercials. I will try to show this video to family members of mine who smoke, hopefully it will scare them straight! Rest in Paradise, Terrie! Thank you for sharing your story in hope of hepling others. You and your story will live on!

i quit smoking

I know so many people probably rudely judge these people in these anti smoking ads but I'm proud of them for trying to help others! God bless them!

RIP Terrie thank you for spreading your message.

Rest In Peace Terrie. You will always be remembered. There will be those who will take your words to heart and quit smoking and those who will not. Either way, you send warnings and messages throughout the world and hopefully those with common sense will be able to quit, like you wanted to long ago. RIP.

Terrie's "In Her Own Words" speech really blew me away, just hearing her story and how much courage it took to speak in front of all those people. If you haven't heard it I highly recommend you do.

I'm never going to start smoking O.O

What a freaking good message, Terrie! Good on you, the world will hopefully listen.

This commercial keeps on coming on at night. It scared the crap out of me. I know for sure that I'll never smoke.

Great pieces of advice there, Terrie!!! It's so sad to see what you're going through. I won't smoke and I never ever will!!

her voice actually scares me and my heart is beating so fast right now because of it, gives me chills.

I used to be scared of this commercial when I first saw it

Anybody else feel bad, but get a little freaked out at the same time?

R.I.P. Terri. She was most definitely an inspiration to others and used her condition to help us. Thank you.

*My cousin's parents heavily smoke. I keep telling them to stop smoking. I show them ads, I tell them facts, but they just keep smoking. "I quit when I feel like it", they say.* *I go to a school with mentally ill students (I'm not one of them. I'm just here to learn). Most of them claim to grow up in a "hood" and they awfully smell like smoke. Some bring cigs to school and smoke in front of the teacher. I try to tell them the dangers of smoking, and so did my teachers, but not their parents.* *If you think smoking is cool, it's sexy, it's neat, it really isn't. Kill smoking before it kills you.*

Rip Terrie, me and my friends will for ever keep you in our lives as we like calling ourselves Terrie in your honour xoxo

what a great women she was. r.i.p terrie :'(

See this is why I don't do dugs it changes you physically, emotionally, and breaks your body down and you don't look the same anymore

No words about RIP Terrie 6 years ago

If smoking cigarettes is this bad, why is it so heavily promoted in Hollywood movies and why are tobacco products still legal in the US? There are many other products less risky, some with 0% known mortality rates for continued use by adults, yet they are not only illegal and banned for use, but filling the US prison system with users of them. Are the people at the CDC for real? YES? Then where are your priorities? Great video, great tool to help kids never start smoking, but until tobacco products are summarily banned, and known safer alternatives are allowed by law on a nation-wide basis, millions more like this deplorable victim of tobacco will fill hospital rooms, hospice care and graveyards, not because of what they did to themselves, but because of the CDC/FDA/ATF's apathy, gross neglect and willful ignorance to the facts.

Awwwwwwwh that's so sad I hope everyone will stop smoking.

Wow. I wonder how many excuses people will make to continue smoking after watching these new ads.

Learn from this she died to early in her life stop quitting she would want you to

It’s shocking and sad to know that she died 2 days after this was filmed. Rest In Peace, Terrie.

Thank you so much Terrie I am 14 and I'm gonna QUIT . R.I.P 😭♥️

May her soul be at it's place of rest and may it be at peace.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭R.I.P. Terry, she was so beautiful before smoking.

bless her heart!!! really makes me cry!

2019 anyone ?

This is heartbreaking....

NEVER... WILL... I... TOUCH... A... CIGARETTE...

"My tip to you is, don't start smoking, and if you do smoke, quit. And don't give up at just one try, keep trying until you succeed. I don't want anybody to have to go through, what I'm going through." - Terrie Hall 1960-2013 R.I.P

as if all smokers will go through this

I know it's off topic and may seem offensive (I asure you it's not and I totally support non-smoking ads), but how did she talk and pronounce words without opening her mouth, just breathing through that hole?

I was watching a video on ducks, searching through the comments when the commercial came on and that voice scared the ever loving crap outta me! Very effective commercial whoever made this!

Rest in peace Terrie.

My mom smokes and I am so worried for her. I cried during this video.😢

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! 😱 This is some scary crap!!!! Good thing I don't smoke!

Awww this is so sad! I feel so bad. Stop smoking everyone! RIP Terrie :(

So heart breaking I am speechless

I'm a forty year smoker, on my third day on patches. My chest is clearer and I'm not sneezing, coughing or blowing my nose, and I don't stink anymore to those that don't smoke. Mom says she's proud of me and my wife Virginia, she stopped a month a head of me. I promised her I would after she did. TA DAAAAAA!

This is very inspirational

this scared the crap out of me the first time I saw it..

I remember seeing all these commecials as they aired. This one was so jarring and disturbing. You can see the hurt in her eyes. It felt like looking at a ghost who had yet to move on. Rest in peace, Terrie, and thank you for being willing showing people the horrors that smoking can cause.

My dad smokes and I always tell him stop but he is like, oh it helps for my disease, I'm like" ARE YOU SERIOUS

this was terrifying for me and I'm never going to smoke ever

This is sad R.I.P terrie

I’m am never going to smoke and ruin my vocal cords! I won’t even smoke if someone offers me $1 million

That voice scared me

You will never catch me smoking a cigarrette

RIP Terrie 1960/2013

This is so sad. 😢😭😥😪😢 Don't smoke.

The thing is that unfortunately, ads like this don't reach people that don't care. Of course, it scares a few people into not doing it, but mostly people who haven't started. That's the thing with addictions. You can know it's harmful, but with the addiction, it's difficult to deal with the mental and physical drawbacks of attempting to quit an addiction. Especially hard if smoking is some sort of coping strategy, albeit an unhealthy one. But while I lack some belief in the ad distributors, I do feel empathy and a bit of pride for those within the ads, as they truly want others to not have to go through the same pain and want to do something to help others.

Terrie hall was a great Person who is against smoking.

I don’t smoke but here in canada, all cigarette packs have graphic images of what smoking does to you....like this

It's impossible to inform consumers who don't care. My dad knows all the dangers of smoking, but still smokes because he enjoys it. These warning campaigns do no work, as studies have proven. Instead of being a culture which rewards individual responsibility and forces people to think longitudinally, we have one which relies on the gov't to educate us and allows to to pretend to be victims. I don't smoke. But if I did, 2nd hand smoke would be more safe for my kids than driving them to and from school everyday in an automobile and more safe than having a swimming pool on my property. How soon until the CDC disables comments?

At least she lived half her life... R.I.P. Terrie.

So sad. Do not smoke, chew tobacco, either.

My father passed away just a week ago and he used to smoke! When he got sick, he lost his appetite, a lot of weight, he lost his voice and his ability to stand. His cancer spreaded through his lungs, back, legs and brain! He was in A LOT of pain. They admitted him to the hospital and they had to put a feeding tube through his nose. The cancer was so advanced, there was not much they could do, so they put him on hospice two weeks later where he died the day after! DON"T SMOKE! If you don't smoke, DON"T START! If you do smoke, QUIT! or at least try!

My God this is soo sad!

I feel so bad for her

thanks, now i will never ever even touch a cigarette, but have paranoias and nightmares for the rest of my life.

i feel nothing but bad for this woman

This is what happens after you smoke so much

I don't even smoke and I want to quit smoking. That's how much Terrie's story has me shaken. I hope those who do smoke will at least attempt to stop smoking after watching this. Smoking has no type of benefits, and it harmful to everyone that is in contact with it. Please find the strength to stop smoking.

Who could watch this and still want to smoke?

really shocking

really puts it out there,,,so im going to put this out there too....i had oral cancer,,,stage 4 brfore it was caught...i have a feeding tube and i also have a hole in my neck...ready for this surprise?.....i have never smoked ever...nothing nots gis, not weed, and i never chewed tobacco.....my cancer came from HPV....yep....oral sex....really sad thing is it normally lays dormant for many years,,,...im 6 years cancer free now but the toll taken on me from the cancer and the god awful treatment (especially radiation) has left me a shell of the man i used to be.....RIP terrie.....i truly hope you have caused at least 1 person to either quit or never start.....

How could Terrie have had smoking and made this ad before she died? :(

Rest in peace terrie 😭

when I watched this it made me take a fee deep deep deep breaths

My nona saw this commercial a couple minutes ago and I said "does this make u realize what's happening to u when u smoke" and she said she doesn't care. It breaks my heart to see my nona be addicted to smoking after aches worked with cancer patients for many years.. She tried but stopped trying.. She never kept trying to stop... She just wanted a cigarette..

R.I.P terrie u see people STOP smoking plz ir future is ahed of u

Poor terrie Rest in peace

We had a similar woman to her here in canada who came to schools 15 years ago to talk about the effects of smoking. Her name was Barb “tar box”

omg i feel so bad for terry

Great advising video

Even though Terrie was only 53 years old at the time of her death, due to the smoking, she looks like she's about 80 years old.. Was she a drinker too?

Years ago I smoked and this is my only regret of all my life. Now I'm trying to clean my lungs.

I feel so bad

dad needs to watch this video!!!!! MY DAD SMOKES:'( :'( :'( :-( :-(so sad

86 dislikes... I mean this woman is dead now and your disliking her last message... you are horrible people.

Well, I had my fun with smoking (and vaping) for about 6 months. I'm 19 and the reason I think I started is because my dog died. And the reason I decided to quit is because I realized that if I'm working, I can't just excuse myself for a smoke. I'd probably get fired or replaced if I became too much of an inconvenience. Bit of paranoia. I also used a nicotine vaporizer because I worked in an Animal Shelter and I didn't want to get the other dogs sick. First few weeks, you feel it. The focused feeling, sorta like you drank a good cup of coffee. After that, you just do it because your body tells you to do it and to avoid that pissed off feeling when your don't. My doctor gave me this medicine called Chantix that really helped. It's not a nicotine supplement. You can still smoke (and take nicotine if you're still using a vaporizer) for the first week of taking the medicine because it takes about a week for it to build up in your system. It gets rid of that 'reminder' feeling. For example, I'd wake up in the morning, drink some coffee, grab my American Spirits and e-cig, and drive off to the shelter. It was my daily routine. During work, I went to the bathroom and this is where I usually take a hit off my e-cig, but I forgot it at home. Which is something I'd NEVER do. The weird this is, I remembered it because of habit. I didn't really felt like I needed it. I felt fine. There was a bit of a craving, but it was super easy to resist as long as I wasn't sitting around doing absolutely nothing. This medicine was amazing, it just makes you forget to smoke. You still have to take the pills for about 3 weeks though because that's the time where your body adjusts from nicotine. But yeah, I stopped smoking altogether. I kinda miss it, but that's a physiological thing, not physical. This experience helped me. I really want it to help other people.

wow I wish we had adverts like this in the UK, I'm the same age as Terrie this year and like an idiot I too started smoking because most of my school friends did,I was 15 back in 1977,we weren't as educated to the possible affects and outcomes of smoking back then,but since losing my Sister last year and nearly losing my Brother to lung cancer I stopped smoking in January and I haven't touched a cigarette since,I've tried loads of times to give up and like Terrie says keep trying as one time you will do it. For those of you lucky enough never fell to peer pressure to try it all I can say is count your lucky stars as I wish I'd never had my first as that is all it takes sometimes,that's how addictive the drug is. Good luck to all those who have given up and in the process of trying to give up.

poor Terrie😢

Very scary I had a nightmare about that voice

I will stop now. This ad is just whoa