A determined ex-smoker wants kids to shun cigarettes
Sunday, December 26, 2010 - 23:40
in Health & Medicine
Debi Austin's 1997 TV commercial, in which she smoked through the laryngectomy hole in her throat, was just the beginning of her mission.In 1992, Debi Austin had a laryngectomy after she was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. Austin had smoked her first cigarette at 13 and, even after surgery, remained a two- to three-pack-a-day smoker.