CDC Tips From Former Smokers - Michael: I Started Smoking at Age 9

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Published on Jan 29, 2014

Michael started smoking at age 9, when his sister gave him his first cigarette. In this video from CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Michael talks about getting addicted as a child. His addiction kept him smoking for many years, despite early signs of breathing trouble. One day he awoke, gasping for air. Michael has a lung disease called COPD that has no cure. He says, "It's my desire that... you won't come to this place—that you will stop [smoking], one way or another."

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