CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Brian H.: Part of Who I Was
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- By the time Brian was 11 years old, he was already smoking close to a pack of cigarettes a day. In this video from CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers® campaign, he talks about how he smoked during his youth, marriage, and throughout his career in the U.S. Air Force. He had a heart attack at age 35 and spent months in hospital rooms. Brian died in 2022 at age 68 after suffering from smoking-related health problems for more than 30 years.
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My name is brian, Im in the military now, Ive never smoked and because of this brian, I never will. thanks brian.
Game Series Oh, yay! 😃 Best decision!
God bless you, sir:)
thank you for your service
Thank you for your service sir🖤🖤
@@Beth-iz3tt What...........THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH SMOKING. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
So sorry Brian. My dad was a 3+ pack a day smoker. He smoked 57 years from age 12 till 70. He quit when he was given 1 week to live. He lived 6 weeks after quitting. He had late stage 4 lung cancer. His coughs started to sound like he was choking to death. Seeing my dad in the living room in a hospital bed was beyond heartbreaking.
did your dad survive?
@@shelbylover1359 Even after do long I just had to comment to let you know that you either replied to the wrong comment, or you're the greatest moron of the 21st century.
Sorry for your loss 🙏
My brother is 12 now, I can't imagine him smoking after reading your story :(
@ShelbyLover 135 no
Says he lived 6 weeks after quitting
So he passed away
touched ,me deeply sir ; i am 28 two daughters and a loving wife, i will stop smoking now because i dont want them to go through this, bless you sir
Hey man did you stop smoking?
@@smidge1
I don't think so
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Imagine a heart attack at age thirty five
Uncle and cousin had major attacks at 29 and 31... Our tickers were given to us defunct but I have never seen harder workers than my family.. They let nothing stop them..
@trail riding asshole
It's horrible.....
No. I can't....
I know, right. 35 year olds these days are like advanced teenagers. It’s like, wtffff. 😲
I‘m so sorry. Like words can’t even express how I feel.
I am 35 and quit smoking 10 years ago, at the age of 25. It was my last cigarette. I started chain smoking at 15. I had my first cigarette at 12 and loved it. Many people don’t believe it but I still crave it so badly that I came very close to relapsing. I also have regular dreams at night where I am smoking again. May God give the strength to all those who want to quit and even more to those who come forward so that they can make a difference. Thank you, Sir. I hope you will get another chance to get the heart you need.
Look at it this way. As a smoker, you were in constant drug withdrawal 24 hours a day! As you became accustomed to the constant drug withdrawal, it became your new normal. So, when you lit up a cigarette, it SEEMED as though it was enjoyable! Only because it gave temporary relief, a pause, from the drug withdrawal in which it caused in the first place! You smoked to achieve the normal which you already had before you ever started !!!
He seems like such a wonderful man. Thank you for your service Brian and I hope you are doing good. Also thank you for quitting smoking and going on public television to tell your story. I never plan on smoking ever but I watch these to make sure I never do.
I thank the Lord that my parents would be very upset if they found out that I started smoking. I'm 14 and I hope that peer pressure doesn't get me to smoke
How you doing gorgeous, I'm sorry for infringing on your nice comment and beautiful profile. do you mind friendship?
@@shelbylover1359 don’t give into it, I did at the age of 14 and now I’m 27 still struggling to quit. It will cause you problems sooner than you realize, stand firm and say no… you are strong enough!
I am crying right know, I felt so bad.
@Nikolai Kalacanovic hahaha
Nobody in my family smokes cigarettes, I’m so grateful. It must be so scary to watch a family member’s health decline while you watch them continue with their habits. The people who participate in these commercials are being so strong.
I have never tried smoking i have never even drank alcohol and i am 22, people call me straight edged and may see me as boring but thankfully i have a strong willpower and my health is worth more than the feeling those ignorant people give me .
knowing how close you were to getting a transplant and having that call to say you were taken off the list, i cant even imagine how devastating that was for you, i quit smoking at 26 in 2013 and have been clean ever since, i watch these kind of messages every day to keep in mind what i COULD be going through if i wouldnt have quit, like a self punishment for having started in the first place due to peer pressure at 17. i have the rest of my life to recover and i thank god every day for it.
I just lost my Mom too smoking a few days ago. I haven't left my room in 2 weeks cause I knew it was the end while She was in the hospital . Crying as I type this. She had Cancer of the lungs, blockages in her heart. Due to the chemo and radiation treatment it weakened her immune system. She caught the flu and that was it. I can't get out of bed I'm so depressed and mad. She was only 62. I also lost my Father to smoking 8 years ago. I don't think I can go on anymore. It hurts to bad.
Poor Brian. Back when he was young no one really knew how bad cigarettes were and he had to learn their hard way that they were deadly. It is because of people like Brian that more and more people are quitting and not having to suffer. More people like him need to share there story on how dangerous and deadly cigarettes are.
A strong lesson, thank you for taking it upon yourself to spread the message. Best wishes.
A strong lesson, thank you for taking it upon yourself to spread the message. Thank you my dear keep up the great work 👍 .
I watch this videos everytime I crave and my cravings to smoke vanishes. Happy 1st yr smoke free anniv to me and counting. Quit smoking guys before its too late.
Amazing work and congratulations on your one year, I’m a stranger but I’m also proud of you. I’ve quit on and off, a year is truly a milestone!
Stop counting buddy. You're a non-smoker now. Accept your new identity.
I'm showing signs of emphysema at 19. I've been a smoker since I was 13 or 14, not super heavy but enough to fuck up my lungs. I have to stop or my lungs will give out. This is the only channel I've seen that doesn't shame and guilt people trying to quit. Thank you 💞
Thanks for your service, Brian. I'm glad you got a chance at life.
Brian, DONT blame yourself. ITS VERY HARD TO QUIT!!!! I have med conditions and I'm still smoking.....people that never were Hooked dont understand how Strong the urge is.
You cannot quit just like that ...
It might take you several attempts... and just will power is not enough to get through this cuz I know what's it's like being a smoker... our thinking,planning for the day revolves around cigarette..
And the moment that urge is there... no amount of will power will suffice
I would say to everyone out there whose really bent on to quitting ... consult a doctor/psychiatrist
I remember when you were only contemplating going on the list. Thank God and Thank Stanley.
God bless you for having the courage to be so honest about your experiences. I’m glad you’re sharing what you went through and your story is a good reminder for me to remain smoke free. Thank you, Brian. Be well.
Quitted 17 days ago. This addiction just make you helpless if you don't fight it you are going to become it's slave. I have to see all these videos to keep remembering
Thank you sir for sharing your life with us. God bless you.
Teachers in elementary school and high school need to play his story.
My dad's been smoking for over 50 years and I have tried for over a decade to get him to stop. And he won't. And I'm scared this might happen to him. I already lost my mom, I can't afford to lose my dad too.
USA needs to ban cigarettes
The rest of the world, too
I feel so bad for Brian I will keep u in prayers
@HaydenSpeaks1 great your still alive. Take care of yourself.
Im so sorry I hope he is still alive he seems like a good person he was so happy then the doctors called up and told him something about his blood and at the end his almost cried face just made me cry I bless that guys heart and soul that he is still alive🙏🙏🙏
Thanks so much 55 yrs of smoking i have stopped by i realised how stupid i was ..wrong choices in life the penalty is severe. I am with you in Jesus. Not sure where are now but all the best.
Thank you Brian for sharing !
I’m praying for you Brian!! God’s got you and I know you will continue to save other people’s lives!!!!
Thank you sir for your service, and many blessings for a longer life
Heart wrenching!
Oh Brian why would you smoke 😭😭😭
Many of us in certain age groups and in certain parts of the country did have this ingrained into us. My mom would send me to the store down the street to buy her cigarettes when I was 10.
There was smoking in stores, restaurants, planes... everywhere.
I started when I was 15. I finally stopped smoking 4 months ago. It was hard at first since I didn’t want to quit smoking. It was part of who I was. I didn’t think I would be able to. I had tried many times before. I was successful this time and I am so proud of myself!!! I vow to never smoke again. I know it would be hard to quit again because they are so addictive.
@HaydenSpeaks1 From Mexico my respect to you sir. I am 25 and I've been smoking since age 19, but not anymore. Your testimony has gave me the guts to stop. It's okay sir, you are an honorable person and the fact that you smoked so much won't change that ever. Greetings.
My dads life is either home or doctors too but he has Chrons so and he had a liver transplant and thank you people who are organ donators you saved my dads life
I feel so sorry for the guy especially his family
My dad either has to be at home or at the doctors because of his chron's disease. But after his liver transplant he has done much better and he tries to go more places! (Because he can) my dad had to be in the hospital often too
My name is Brian H. as well and I smoke everyday all day like 2 packs a day and I'm 33 and I feel like if I don't make a change I will be going through the same things that this man has gone through
Man you can do it, I'm 31 been smoking a pack a day for a solid 16 years and I've been quit for a week. I've tried many times and what's helping me now is information about cigarettes addiction and the whole tobacco industry. I used to think cigarettes were cool and if I quit I would miss them for the rest of my life, now I see they're just a stupid drug and big tobacco brands want to keep us hooked forever to take our money and health. Best of luck to everyone trying to quit!
You can do it mate. I’ve smoked for 6+ years, in my worst I smoked 1,5 pack a day. I’m 21 now and 2 months smoke free.
Powerful video.
my dad smoked for 36 years and still smoking and he has esophageal cancer
It baffles me that cigarettes still exist.
Poor sir, hope he is okay 😭😢
DID HE JUST SAY HE SMOKED AT FRICKEN 10-11 YEARS OLD
Emma The Unicorn OMG lm 10 now
Riri mazrouei smoke
AND KIDS ARE V4PING NOW
@@cozylime_2006 Vapes are not as harmful as cigarettes but they're still bad
I quit after a lung infection 2 yrs ago, don't even think about cigs anymore. Lung infection was'nt even that bad, but scared me enough to quit.
$1.00 a pack a day x 365 days a year x 50 years (not including tax and higher prices) = $912,500.😢😢😢😢😢
Cigarettes are roughly $9 a pack where I work! O.O That's almost 9 million in just cigarettes going by your example! O.O
Your math couldn’t be any further off
VideoRocketz007 Millar your math is crap
What a way to basically through away money
Actually its $18,250
I'm 61 years old and I've abused crystal meth, alcohol and smoked 4 packs of cigarettes per day for over 40 years now and so far I have never had any health problems, never had a heart attack or lung cancer or emphysema and I'm not awaiting a heart or lung or liver transplant.
Lol nek minit
God bless you and I Thank you for sharing. It's hard to stop. I wish I never started.
I agree with every word! It is hard.
So did he wind up getting a heart transplant? Did he get another chance? Seems like a wonderful human being. Sad that this happened to him. My dad died at 63. I have never smoked and the other day my 13 year old so told me out of the blue, "Dad I will never smoke, drink or vape" and he meant it. Proudest moment of my life.
I said the same things at 13 and meant it, here I am 16 and a pack of cigs a day plus whatever weed I have. Ain’t a way to live
This man gives me hope foe my grandfather to quit.
I salute him and so does my grandfather for him being strong.
My grandpa died of leukemia a month ago. He was a smoker and at the point he was at before he died, it didn’t matter that he was smoking, there was nothing anyone could do to help
Thanks for saying your story, Brian. You are brave man.👍
It should be mandatory for these to be on television
My God.. I'm not going to say anything other than , I'm sorry about this. But hearing this just set the alarm off.. This video just changed , maybe even just saved my own life.. Thank you for sharing the ( Truth )...🙏
I hope this guy is still alive he's made so much progress
These kind of anti smoking ads are better than "LoOk At ThE sCaRy MonStEr".
Smoking a pack a day by 11?? Holy shit.
You have a strong will. I wish I had your willpower. Everyman does.
I feel that I can make it too, all the people that succeeded give me the feeling that I'm going to be smoke free one day.
@@oanaalexia How are you now?
At the end, it looked like he was about to cry.
Wish my stupid stepmother would watch this
Every time I light a cigarette I watch another one of these anti smoking ads
Did he end up getting a heart transplant or not?
My mom told me when I was 15, if you decide to smoke you're buying your own cigarettes. Stopped me from even trying again.
That's sad, even though there doing it to themselves, it's not there fault. They can't stop.
oh no Brian I felt so bad for you when the doctor rang you and said you are taken off the list. Can you be put back on again at all? it is so hard to quit i am nearly 2 weeks into it this is about my 10th attempt this time for good , hope you are okay
Intubation alone is horrible. I hope you are doing well and everyone screws up you just have to keep trying ❤️
that's extremely sad
Wow.
My husband congestive heart problem still smoke never. Quite the doctor to quit smoking did listen
I feel so bad for him..
A heart attack at age 35? He didn't even smoke a pack a day!
+John LaPaglia He started smoking very young.
John LaPaglia I've been smoking since I was 16!! I'm now 48 still doing great! guess I must be lucky huh?
he was also stressed at work
@@frankbracken8996 you should quit immediately
I caught a cold and had a bout of chest congestion... MAN!!! I couldn't stand the thought of smoking. Been quit for almost six months as of this post. I feel the cravings sometimes, but never want to go back. Have taken up running, cooking and a ton of other hobbies (habits :))... None of them have anything to do with smoking. Please quit... If you have the urge to start back, text me via this post to exchange e-mails. I'd love to talk to you.... Let me tell you how it feels to not smoke.
Wow this dude smoked even after his first heart attack!
That was so so sad
People defending smoking are ignoring the facts
im glad my grandpa stopped smoking back then when he still lived in china he would smoke 2 packs aday because of stress at work
Is he okay now?
@HaydenSpeaks1 4v. 7
@HaydenSpeaks1 are you still okay now in 2020? I hope you are!
my father had a heart attack at age 24 because of tobacco
Hi I am struggling with smoking inhad quit for almost two years I know it doesn't sound like that long I used to go to aarp in my church but no since covid and them not being open anymore I got back into it I feel bad I'm losing my singing voice but nicotine has always been very addicting for me and I want to stop I'm in a hole again and I don't want to be here again and maybe one day it'll permanently mess my voice up which it will I need support
You CAN stop using tobacco products. We know it is not easy, but the benefits always outweigh the struggle. There is free help available if you need it. By calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW, you can speak with a trained cessation counselor, who can offer advice, support, and information on local resources that may be in your area. We also recommend you check out our quit guide for lots of helpful tips and information: CDC.gov/quit. Stay positive and keep trying until you succeed!
I been posting this and other stories for my mom to stop. She takes breathing treatments in morning and night but smoking 2+ packs a day. I am so scared. But she will just say I know I need to..........
I didn't understand... What is a "pager"? Can someone clarify me? Pleeease
Everybody knows that smoking causes cancer and heart disease-- But this isn't what killed my Mom.
COPD has been talked about more in the past few years. This is a
disease that makes it hard to get all of the air out of your lungs, thus
making it hard to get air in... Making it difficult to breath -- This
was only an accomplice in the murder of my mother.
Something nobody really talks about, and the thing that actually took my mother is called PAD, Peripheral artery disease.
The chemicals in Cigarettes cause your veins and arteries to constrict.
Eventually this causes them to begin to collapse and you begin to
loose circulation-- especially to your arms and legs.
In the
past 9 months, it began to happen to Mom. All of a sudden moms legs
began to swell and get ugly, painful blisters. This is because fluids
that go into the legs couldn't get out (the veins had deteriorated too
far).
These blisters, not able to get enough oxygen (because the
COPD, and poor circulation) ulcerated... Even though we were seeing a
doctor and using very expensive medicine, the wounds just weren't
getting better.
The thing about wounds that don't heal, and that
aren't getting the nutrients they need, is that the tissue begins to
die... they also don't get the healing factors that fight everyday
bacteria.
In a shorter time that you could possibly imagine,
Mom's wounds got infected, and she had to go to the hospital. They were
able to surgically remove the dead tissue from her legs (without having
to amputate), but unfortunately for everybody who knew Mom, the
bacteria that had invaded was mostly resistant to drugs.
A
resistant Bacteria, COPD not allowing enough healing Oxygen, and a
circulatory system that didn't allow for delivery of healing factors
created a perfect storm.
Cigarettes killed my Mom at 1pm on March
16th, 2020. It wasn't Cancer. It wasn't Heart Disease. It wasn't a
stroke or heart attack (Although, cigarettes are responsible for these
in others.) My mom was killed the PAD with COPD as a secondary factor.
Cigarettes are bad. Everybody kinda knows this. It's your own personal choice, if you smoke, please consider stopping.
I don't know if stopping would have saved my moms life 9 months ago...
the damage had begun. But a year ago... She knew they were bad...
Three years ago... Maybe the COPD wouldn't have been so bad that her
lips sometime turned blue...
All I know, if my Mother had never smoked cigarettes she wouldn't have died yesterday.
35, so young to have a heart attack
Wjy did u start WHEN YOU WERE 10 OR 11
I cant beileve he started smoking at 11 or 10 yrs old...
Jesus Christ. I went from watching sea lion videos to this.
Brian your poor wife and children ,I could only find sympathy they breathed all that shit in their lungs and didn't have any say in the second hand damage, I told my girlfriend if she gets lung desease I'll light her cigarettes and place them in her mouth , replying it is what I believe she would still want and I would do it because I love her,and asking her to stop for my health has never been attempted. I to now have breathing troubles from my 30years of second hand smoke .
It's sad to see smoke people kill themselves without knowing it or without a care in the world.
It’s not that you don’t care. ..it’s that you can’t stop. I’m 21, started smoking 6 years ago, I’m now on day 4 without cigarettes and it’s awful but I want to quit for good.
Problem with this Commercials is based on older people health problems. Kids now days don't care because there young and think when there old is too far away to care. So is why this commercials just don't have impact on them. catch a clue
Wow, I never knew that you can't be on the list for having nicotine in the blood.
Is nobody concerned that he smoked when he was my age? (11 yrs old)
2 months off them.
U know the sad thing about it is , someone died , and we don't know how they died , but you got saved from a heart from someone else who died , and it saved u , u who abused your body and heart many years with cigarettes. My question is who was it and how did that person die ? And if they had a healthy heart ? Then how did they die ? Something to think about .
From now onwards I stopped smoking 👍
He got instant karma. When ur in such serious health problem you can't control smoking at that time. Just pitty for him. He almost got new life.
How can these people say that they started smoking at a young age?
Smoking at my age?😖😶
I will never Smoke
Good Video
wow
Unlike Truth, the CDC actually tries to convince smokers to stop smoking.
Tips
😭
Im sorry he was smoking around 10 to 11