CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Tammy W.: The Reality of Smoking - URL

Tammy W. ate healthy and ran marathons. She also smoked for 23 years. At age 44, Tammy learned she had severe heart disease. In this video, Tammy talks about needing to have open-heart surgery. She shares how it felt to see her mother worried at the hospital.
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