CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Terrie H.’s I Wish Tip

Terrie bravely showed the world how years of smoking cigarettes damaged her health. In this video filmed shortly before her death in 2013, Terrie says she regrets ever picking up a cigarette.
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[@miiviscerator]

If that voice and that puffing noise don't convince you not to smoke, nothing can.

[@soaringeagle175]

Milo Vacek Look at Sharon's story doctors had to remove her voice box. She now sounds like a bot.

[@madisond5476]

SoaringEagle 175 I thought it said she died 2 days ago?

[@thisflowerpotspeaksfreedom]

666 likes??????????

[@josephherbert1207]

@@madisond5476 that was terrie not sharon

[@IAmAHuman000]

Like no nicotine addiction is strong enough that when u see this you don’t quit forever

[@majoinerful]

If these ads do NOT convince teenagers to quit smoking, I do not know what will!

[@deepsea5563]

Cancer and death will

[@hairyputter5363]

Teens will just shrug it off saying Ok Boomer

[@brib6100]

majoinerful teens don’t smoke cigarettes. they do weed. Some use vapes but most of them know it’s a killer so they just do weed

[@MiguelSanchez-fs6cu]

majoinerful for real tho. I’m 15 yrs old and my generation is corrupted I believe.

[@HamSandvich]

now they all vape tho

[@ConservativeCoinCollector]

Even on her death bed Terrie fought against smoking. RIP

[@sumaoncrack2251]

155 likes no replies let me fix that

[@whinybilly523]

510 likes only 1 reply let me fix that

[@dr_nasir2935]

529 likes no replies let me fix that

[@Orange-ic2mp]

"I wish I had never seen a cigarette." now that's really strong sentence that sentence accumulate from decades of regrets and sorrow

[@sumaoncrack2251]

139 likes no replies let me fix that

[@tl7091dty]

To think she would die two days after saying that. 😢

[@spencerstraub2473]

Terrie continues to inspire and save lives.

[@ludang2635]

Spencer Straub But she died what are you saying

[@batman2323fml]

@@ludang2635 what does her dying have to do with people still being inspired not to smoke from seeing her...

[@garrettschueman9144]

terrie is dead

[@lalacupid747]

@@ludang2635 They get inspired because they don't wanna look lile her and die.

[@unknownnothing4382]

I honestly agree with u

[@sussiq8812]

Best way, this scares the crap out of me, don’t tell people show them! Good work Terri, you helped me quit too. In memory of a true hero.

[@specterx2135]

It worked on me to, adrenaline filled my entire body when I heard it, but when I saw what happens, it basically went through the roof Thanks Terri

[@christophermcdavit4215]

Did she not look terrible? I feel so bad for her only 53

[@trevorthieme5157]

She did die 2 days later it said.

[@lalacupid747]

@[BosS] HITMAN 20 My great grandma doesn't look that bad or the other 90 year old women i once met at dollar tree.

[@WhinedUp2004]

@[BosS] HITMAN 20 try 170, poor woman

[@octaviuseugeneraymond5493]

@@WhinedUp2004 170? she looked like a living corpse!

[@elsamipapi1466]

mr.rudepants

[@girgirl8672]

She was so beautiful at 20 :(

[@Souleater17722]

I guess

[@kamzalot3]

Michael Moody lmfao ☠️

[@esmmewithabitofspice6388]

She still is ..

[@laquishatorreswhite9124]

Very pretty

[@lalacupid747]

@@esmmewithabitofspice6388 Don't lie she isn't looking the best.

[@JavierGarcia-zk1wu]

RIP Terrie. I quit smoking 6 months ago. Thanks to people like Terrie i quit from my adiction.

[@realbasherverse]

lol

[@erikalee2350]

Its all thanks to Terrie

[@X_gg505]

Great man

[@Ellie-dl9pr]

I am so happy I quit smoking. Almost 2 years. If this doesn’t convince someone to stop smoking, I don’t know what will.

[@harrydefilippi2991]

it may be too late

[@lalacupid747]

I think smacking them will convince them if this doesn't work pepper spray or taser just knock them out and keep them in a hospital and its probably legal if you're a relative or parent.

[@elikg6603]

I need my dad to quit smoking. I tell him it's bad for him and he needs to stop. He said "I know" then continued smoking. He even saw this commercial a couple times on TV. Does anyone know how to make my dad stop smoking?

[@popsingerstar]

thats awesome! my cousin just quit too. im never ever gonna do it

[@cookiesareyum1043]

@@harrydefilippi2991 Its better than not quitting

[@111whitepony111]

One of the most powerful commercials I’ve ever seen

[@blackpinkstems6208]

I still remember terrie's psa 7 years ago. Im sad she passed away

[@babytoolieTMG]

Ffd

[@WolfKing-dv6xd]

"Much less picked it up and smoked it." These ads are heartbreaking. If only my father could pay attention to them.

[@user-qr2ch3ht9b]

I didn't understand this sentence

[@mitchelldrivas3541]

@@user-qr2ch3ht9b What I think she’s meaning by when she says, “Much less picked it up and smoked it,” is by when she wished she’s never seen a cigarette and if she’s never seen it, then she wouldn’t have gotten hooked into smoking in her entire life and thus would have been saved from getting cancer.

[@truefanoftheyakuzaseries3059]

I used to smoke before too but thank god I got away from this filthy thing I will not ever smoke again and I’m 15 now

[@megan8245]

I am very glad you stopped!

[@cadenceissuperdupercool]

law. the broke You .81 of age the under smoke to illegal It's

[@KaiRuffin2121]

Wait how old were you?!?!?

[@marjoriejacquelinesimpson1693]

sufyan sharif I’m 13 and I just like putting the cigarette between my lips, never lit one, just like doing it. (Ik your comment was 8 months ago, but... I just had to share, sorry)

[@boobella899]

good for you. please don’t ever start smoking again and also realise cannabis is still smoking

[@taylorbarnum657]

I saw this commercial about 7 years ago. It scared the shit out of little me. Today was the first day I’ve seen her face since. I’m proud of this advertisement for actually helping kids like me not to smoke

[@Juanit.a]

Even so many years after her death, it just keeps breaking my heart seeing her like that. My tears just won't stop falling watching these videos...

[@KhmerL0VEKhmer]

I see this on TV about every morning, quit smoking now.

[@bgbg418]

This hit me very hard. I'm stopping smoking. I'm so sorry you had to go through all that suffering.

[@zylassss]

Ik it's none of my business sorry, but I'm super curious did you actually manage to stop or are you still smoking? You don't have to answer if u don't want to!

[@cindyzwide2606]

@@zylassss I came here to ask that

[@limesalads2419]

As a young teen, this video is scary to me, not because *I* smoke, but because both my parents smoke

[@inkdraw]

We must end smoking because it may think it makes people cool but it messes them up more Like if u agree

[@thelegendaryt-rex4763]

No one even smokes at my school. People vape now, and the same shit still happens

[@matthewleonard386]

You're missing a really big part of the picture. Not everybody smokes to be "cool". Some people are mentally ill, for example. For them, eliminating tobacco without a less harmful alternative of some sort wouldn't solve the problem.

[@finster1968]

I quit smoking in 2007 after vowing I’d give it up before I turned 40. I made it and stopped by age 39, but it took multiple tries. It still scares me how much damage I probably did in that 20 year period. Seeing Terrie’s ads a few years later certainly convinced me I made the right choice.

[@millieoliver5264]

rip terrie youre legacy lives on!

[@swapsakpal08]

legacy of what? packs

[@specterx2135]

@@swapsakpal08 I mean, you have a point in that statement.

[@markuslarkuslmao]

@@specterx2135 she’s dead 😢😢

[@mikeekim1101]

I watch videos like this when I get the urge to smoke. I am almost 3 weeks into quitting and so far it really helps !

[@cindyzwide2606]

Did permanently stop smoking?

[@irecejk879]

How is it going now bud? Time passes by so quickly

[@sofiagkana2969]

At 20,she was such a happy person and so beautiful woman.

[@elisahuberman3408]

This was supposed to make viewers scared straight in order to prevent smoking

[@icecoldbluesonic]

As someone who is too young to smoke, I can say this scared me off for life. No way I'm ever touching a cigarette in my life

[@BangonPilipino]

Okay this did actually helped me to quit vaping, and smoking.

[@klourdes6068]

These scared me as a kid and they worked extremely well

[@movedlol4130]

May your lungs feel better in heaven! :)

[@mamakayasmr8998]

Just got the news my best friend and grandma has stage 4 lung cancer. Threw my cigarettes in the trash. The pain I’m feeling from knowing I may lose her is the worst. I dont want to put my kids through the same pain. I will NEVER smoke again.

[@harkharajbharali808]

You still not smoking?

[@BigMisterApple]

You do know that you can get lung cancer without smoking too.. right? Not just that but you can also just get cancer just for the sake of getting cancer, human body is funny like that.

[@knowthycell]

Are you smoking?

[@vernweldon2300]

That's what u say now 2 wks u will be smoking agsin

[@JCResDoc94]

this is gr8. really effective. & short, linking to positive affirmation that one can quit: really good. i dont want to just be snarky on the internet all the time after all.

[@uploadvidz4490]

20 year old Terrie 😍

[@Yanerd.]

I’m 18 hours without a cigarette. This is hard.

[@neilsmith5510]

Hows it going?

[@MultiCris2020]

I was convinced at a perfect timing, thank god I stopped at 23 years of age before things got even worse.

[@jadxenrxles7745]

Rest In Peace Terrie I am so sorry what happened to you :(

[@angiesteinhardt9357]

Thank you Terrie for spreading the word on the dangers of cigarette smoking! Many people underestimate the risks. Your courage is greatly admired, and this message will save many lives. Thanks to you, people who smoke will seriously consider quitting and for those who never smoked, they will hopefully never start.

[@dhruvshandilya6761]

Girls talk in higher pitch when they're around someone they like Girls around me :

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

you know who really did this? The tobacco companies. My father used to say; "Oh everyone smoked in the 1800's and cancer was almost unknown, it's all the vehicles that cause cancer." He died 20 years ago after his 2nd heart attack. Mother died 12 years ago from COPD. Both heavy smokers, dad hand roll, mum tailor mades. A few months ago I was digging in my garden and I found some old pieces of clay pipes from the 1800-early 1900's. I saw why the smokers back then didn't get half the smoking related diseases we get now, the hole in the pipe stem was a sewing needle size, and the bowl held about a teaspoon of tobacco. Now, cigarettes today are ten times the size and if you hand roll the papers allow you to build a large smoke. Just like the toothpaste company who doubles profit by doubling the size of the hole in the tube, tobacco companies made cigarettes bigger and bigger so you got more of that good old addictive smoke in you, and then they turned it from something you did at the end of the day with a pint of beer, probably a todays cigarette worth smoked all day to being something you did from the moment you woke up until you went to bed. It's true no-one forces you to smoke, but the advertising back in the 60's-70's made fairly certain most people did.

[@muffs55mercury61]

The cancer literally ate Terrie alive. My smoking dad made it to 65 without looking that way but those last five years of hardly being able to breathe was pure hell.

[@kewanw16]

I never saw this one before and this is my first time seeing it .

[@InstructorKM]

Why cigarettes are legal?

[@DiggyDwarf-wc2qj]

She was 53 :(

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

As terrible as I feel for Terrie and her family, I'm so grateful and feel so blessed that i in all my 28 years of life have never smoked a cigarette and never intend to. I heard once you start it's hard as hell to quit and i don't want to go anywhere near that route.

[@allhailkellz]

Its crazy i used to see this commercial on tv and still proceeded to becoming a smoker.

[@Donnoha]

I quit in 2007 after 25 years.

[@smill1985]

Congratulations Donnoha! Well done! 😊

[@dominicvigorito4364]

Most powerful ad I've ever seen.

[@dylaninpieces2]

RIP Terrie.

[@z2mfps]

holy smokes the hands free device makes the video so much better

[@Lillythesteakfan]

Terrie is a hero. For all of us. ❤❤❤❤ we miss you Terrie. 😢

[@JHEntertainment98]

About time this footage was released

[@JacobParadis]

R.I.P Terrie Hall 1960/2013

[@user-ut6br8iw2k]

RIP Terrie hall

[@dylanwilson5761]

Love you Terrie

[@marisummer9605]

My poor kids have to wake up to this commercial every night in the middle of the night...crying

[@codycigar6542]

I'm an adult that woke up to this at 2 a.m. and damn near jumped outta my skin as I opened my eyes to see that face.

[@drcknight24plays]

@@codycigar6542 I saw this ad for the first time while having breakfast in the morning a couple of months ago.... I COMPLETELY lost every bit of appetite I had.

[@The_Wizard_Owlin_Celestial]

When I was quiting smoking 2 years ago I would watch these ads and stories every time I had a craving. I smoked for 13 years and been smoke free 2 years now. I can't stand the smell of them now

[@shaysoraclereadings8631]

I see this add on tv & it makes me cry everytime... R.I.P Ms Terrie 💔

[@kofxeno1657]

Kids been asking this question many times after their parent’s death “If only those tobacco, cigar, etc did not exist, parents should be alive and have fun with videogames or comic with their children instead… Which is I have been agree for all these years.

[@evanabernathy9677]

God Bless Terri I Know She's In A Better Place.

[@jerryrust685]

I gave it up for my birthday over 36 years ago..glad I did!! You can too.

[@jondoe3138]

99feet has a bub on me

[@hannahmayanim]

Thanks. I will show This to my mom. (My dad wants to quit but mom doesn’t)

[@Youtjube]

This brought me to cry...

[@alicegrey1608]

Rest easy beautiful lady ♥️

[@gachalizzie8383]

😭 I feel so bad

[@TheNervousGamer.]

Me too she Was Only 53

[@YoungoneYoung-lm4xe]

This is heartbreaking.

[@sammierose1150]

Why the hell do people pick up this deadly habit?! It’s disgusting and definitely not “cool” 🤢👎🏽

[@oubrehof]

Samantha Murphy-Keller like you

[@AttiMatter]

@@oubrehof Why can't people just be kind to one another?

[@natehernandez9352]

@@AttiMatter Yeah, It's Sad Isn't It?? People Will Never Learn To Change!!! We All Need "Salvation"!!

[@info145]

Oh the things we DO TO OUR SELVES..........

[@shadigif8916]

im really devastated

[@spiritx3608]

Thank you CDC for scaring youngsters to show how bad smoking can be. Unfortunately vaping is the new problem these days, perhaps a tip from a former vape smoker will get teens attention

[@leelizington9501]

I'm a ex smoker and working my way to be a ex vaper I use vaping as ENDS as all the other NRT products I tried didn't work,all the products I used in my quest to stop smoking were purchased by legal means after I did research on the product, while I would discourage youngsters from smoking, drinking, drug's ect I would ask adults smokers to do research into vaping as a safer alternative to the problem that is smoking as a means to quit all together.

[@andthebanshees]

BEryl DragOn true but plenty of teens still smoke cigarettes

[@freddiefromicarlyofficial2983]

@@andthebanshees Vaping as a teen often leads to smoking as cigarettes are cheaper and more plentiful, and don't pose any feeling of harm at the start of the addiction.

[@johnhistoryvideos1770]

Smoking is a horrible thing oh my gawd.

[@turtlejack2727]

This is so scary it almost doesn’t seem real. Stuff like this keeps me sober.

[@BOSHBOOY]

4 months and 2 weeks free , i feel great

[@thycowardice5831]

Hope it's over 5 months now! Keep it up, man.

[@aname9795]

I showed my dad this and he went outside for a cigarette

[@forgaven3346]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[@mello.1483]

I swear smokers will do anything to smoke until they end up like this 😭

[@Nonamelol.]

Her death served an example to many, her story ironically saved many lives.

[@akwaabab8504]

may she rest in peace!

[@natesenft5376]

I was listening to a voicemail when this auto played and I was scared so much lol

[@aligames1233]

The wheels on the busbgo round and round 💀

[@sniperxtaker0196]

saw this ad in high school. i am never smoking, Terrie is a legend

[@WolfordBolford]

I remember seeing this on tv and it scaring the crap out of me. But I will never pick up a cigarette in my life, much less smoke it.

[@teenblue8147]

Terrie continues to inspire so many people's lives

[@veljkostojanovic5414]

Rest In Peace and fly high Terrie you really helped me not to start smoking in the future😭😭😭😢😢😢😥😥😥🥺🥺🥺

[@christinatungul2869]

We love you Terrie ❤️

[@donaquinilator4959]

Rest in Peace Terrie ❤️

[@karlastafford9623]

These helped me stop smoking it been 6 months now.

[@theresalacey6126]

She was beautiful. RIP

[@amusingnick]

I don’t get why vaping or smoking is popular because yeah, you might get like five seconds of relief but all the negatives that you’re doing to your body it’s not worth it

[@lostmodernn]

R.I.P terrie, our hero she is in a better place now 🕊🪦

[@Phantom1963]

Smoking makes you wiser...and remember, you will all quit smoking one way or another... I quit smoking 3 hours ago and I feel great...time for a beer!!!

[@juanpablocastano2192]

Now this is a real ad and unique showing how scary it is and the impact it places in people's mind. Ads nowadays make no sense showing you monsters and teenagers exaggerately freaking out in an abandoned school or something kind of like a movie. Smoking isn't a video game or a movie it's the real deal that can harm you and kill you.

[@memastarful]

Oh my gosh that hurts my heart to see this video. So sad

[@snowandice8804]

My 47 year old brother has lung cancer from cigarettes

[@alexoliviakelly1380]

Rip Terrie you will be missed

[@llaytonbull7285]

Crazy world

[@JJokerMoreau]

I'm sorry. I know this is serious, but... but come on. What percentage of smokers turn out like this?

[@TJS-Real-]

JUST DONT SMOKE DAMN BRO

[@theunholybanana4745]

Smoking increases your risk of cancer from 40% to 50%, COPD is much more likely so look up about that instead.

[@miaa1762]

This made me stop smoking and I have never smoked before 😳

[@jamezworth6042]

100,000 people die every year from lung cancer. Beautiful soul❤🕊️🙏R.I. P. Terrie. Let’s put those tobacco factories/companies out of business for good by quitting.

[@Bejeweled_Wahlberg]

Terri will be remembered

[@jensonxd5110]

R.i.p 🥺❤️

[@erikalee2350]

Poor Terrie please be blessed everyday😭😭😭😔😔😔😇😇😇

[@NannaGoodie]

I quit smoking cigarettes 10 days ago! Ty God for making it so easy xo

[@itsyagirl6122]

That voice but she was Beautiful And looked like a lovly person