article_snippet: The new Tips from Former Smokers ad by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights colon cancer, which Julia suffers from .
article_snippet: The campaign also features former smokers Mark, 47, of California an Air Force veteran who developed rectal cancer when he was 42.
article_snippet: Julia, 58, of Mississippi smoked for more than 20 years before Julia developed colon cancer at 49 years old and requires an ostomy bag, while Kristy, 35, of Tennesee smoked until Julia lung collapsed and was later diagnosed with early COPD, a lung disease.
article_snippet: Tiffany, 35, whose mother died from lung cancer when whose mother was 16, decided to stop smoking when whose mother own daughter turned 16 years old.
article_snippet: She made the decision so that She could be around for the important milestones of She 's life.
article_snippet: the agency's $54 million campaign featured Terrie, a North Carolina woman who lost her voice box, and later died from throat and oral cancer. '
article_snippet: Kristy, 35, smoked cigarettes until Kristy lung collapsed and was diagnosed with early COPD, a lung disease .
highlights_snippet: Julia, 58, smoked for more than 20 years before Marlene developed colon cancer at 59 years old and requires an ostomy bag taped to Marlene abdomen .
  