Woman with stoma in a commercial.

[mangeorge]

There’s an anti-smoking PSA on tv that depicts a woman with a stoma who tells how she began smoking at age thirteen. I remember a similar commercial a while back in which that woman was identified as Debbie. I’m wondering if this is the same woman.
I was going to put this in CS, but it didn’t seem right.
Peace,
mangeorge

[engineer_comp_geek]

It very well could be the same woman.

The woman who inspired thousands to give up cigarettes more than 15 years ago by smoking one through a tracheotomy hole in her throat for an ad campaign is back for another round of anti-smoking advocacy.

Debi Austin, now 60 years old and smoke-free, frightened a generation of adolescents into reconsidering the deadly habit back in 1997. According to The Denver Post, California officials are bringing Austin back to campaign against smoking once again.

In one new ad, a young girl preens in front of a mirror, pretending to smoke a cigarette. A computer-generated tracheotomy hole appears on her neck and the commercial fades into Austin telling her story, accentuating her labored breathing and speech.

More info in the rest of the article here:

Woman Who Inspired Anti-Smoking Campaign In The '90s Is Back

[mangeorge]

Yep, that’s her for sure.
It surprises me, just a little, how many youngsters who have seen the commercial don’t really want to talk about it. That’s probably a good thing.
Thanks,
BTW; good job, Debbi.