# CDC- Tips From Former Smokers - Sharon A.’s Diagnosed at 37 Story

Sharon started smoking at age 13. In her late 30s, she was diagnosed with throat cancer. She was a busy mom with two children. She made their lunches, took them to school, and was active in parent-teacher groups. In this video, Sharon talks about finding a lump in her neck and being told it was cancer. Doctors treated the tumor with chemotherapy and radiation, and tried to save her voice box. But when her symptoms returned a year later, her doctor said removing her voice box was the next step.

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Genres: Propaganda
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CDC-_Tips_From_Former_Smokers_-_Sharon_A.%E2%80%99s_Diagnosed_at_37_Story.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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