NZ anti smoking advert-Adrian's Regrets

Adrian, a 52 year old man from Auckland was a smoker for more than 30 years and had his entire tongue removed through surgery in March 2007 due to mouth cancer. The tongue was replaced by a flap of skin and muscle from his stomach but he has been unable to eat or drink anything since his operation. He also has a permanent tracheostomy to help him breath. He has about 6 months to live.

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[AuntAmy09]

@Tashaa661

feeding tube most likely

[Tashaa661]

What did he do, if he culdn't eat or drink then? :(

RIP Adrian :(

[Andy9742]

This is a hard hitting ad, good one.

[NosajVonSosaj]

We have this and other commercials of Adrian playing on Australian T.V at the moment. It's one hell of a wakeup call.

[sheld999]

R.I.P adrian

[sheld999]

he died

[fuzzayD]

Died 6th of august 2009, i quit smoking after 13 years thanks to this guy. Don't feel bad if you made fun of him people get nervous when faced with something like this and often disassociate by using humor.

[anon4116]

Adrian passed away last Thursday.

[freekerr]

does anyone know what happened to Adrian the Peg-man? Have not seen him on tv for ages. I miss him.

[aymanibousi]

its worth it ay (kermit the frog voice)