# CDC Tips From Former Smokers - Michael- I Live in Constant Fear

Michael, an Alaska Native, was shocked when doctors found serious lung damage from smoking. He was only 44. He always thought he'd be an old man before smoking ever hurt him. In this video from CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign, Michael talks about living in constant fear. Smoking gave Michael COPD, a disease that makes it harder and harder to breathe. He says, "If I get the flu, I can die."

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CDC_Tips_From_Former_Smokers_-_Michael-_I_Live_in_Constant_Fear.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 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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