http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/debi-austin-anti-smoking-advocate-seen-in-voicebox-ad-dead-at-62/ The latest Headlines, news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Sat, 18 May 2013 17:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/debi-austin-anti-smoking-advocate-seen-in-voicebox-ad-dead-at-62/#comment-10503147 Randy "Coach" Robinson Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:29:28 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/?p=470333#comment-10503147 I am a retired Health/Physical Education Teacher. Every year, I would show the video of this woman to my upper elementary students, trying to gross them out BEFORE they tried smoking and became addicted. This woman turned her private nightmare public, while at the same time showing our youth just how addicting smoking is. I can tell you this, I guarantee over 90 percent of the students I taught for 17 years did not smoke because of the courage of this woman. She turned something bad for her into something so good for our youth to see. Thank you Ms. Austin. I am a retired Health/Physical Education Teacher. Every year, I would show the video of this woman to my upper elementary students, trying to gross them out BEFORE they tried smoking and became addicted. This woman turned her private nightmare public, while at the same time showing our youth just how addicting smoking is. I can tell you this, I guarantee over 90 percent of the students I taught for 17 years did not smoke because of the courage of this woman. She turned something bad for her into something so good for our youth to see. Thank you Ms. Austin.

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