Terrie Hall, the 53-year-old 'face' of a graphic anti-smoking campaign in the USA, died in September of tobacco-caused cancer. Her story, an all-too-common example of the suffering and death caused by tobacco addiction, poignantly gave the lie to the industry-peddled myth that tobacco is an informed adult choice. Terrie first tried smoking at the age of 13, and became a regular smoker while still a school student. In speaking tours at US schools, she described in horrifying detail the treatment she underwent in a vain attempt to save her life, and the addiction which kept her smoking even as she received radiation treatment. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr Tom Frieden paid tribute to her courage, noting "Terrie put a face to the 440 000 killed by smoking each year in the US."
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