Amanda had her first taste of the addictive power of cigarettes when she was in elementary school. In her 11-year-old mind, smoking seemed OK. After all, some of her family members smoked, so she tried it herself—and she soon became a regular smoker. In this video from CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Amanda talks about the pain that smoking brought to her family.
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