January 12th, 2008 
Alex
This photo provided by the New York State Department of Health on Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, shows an ad for the state’s anti-smoking campaign featuring Skip Legault, a lifetime smoker who has suffered an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke. Legault, who once smoked three packs a day and attributes his ailments to smoking, can’t kick the habit, he still smokes half a pack a day.
Dr. Richard F. Daines, the state health commissioner, defended the campaign, which began running on television, in newspapers and on the Internet in November and ends Jan. 22.
“Here’s someone who’s willing to step forward and show his weaknesses in public,” Daines said. “I think it took a lot of courage.”
“Smoking is still the single most reversible, avoidable cause of premature vascular disease,” he said. “High blood pressure typically takes lifetime treatment. For smoking, you just have to stop smoking and the risks decline.”
I smoke,i enjoy my cigarette with my morning coffee.
I know smoking doesn’t do me any good,i plan to quit but it’s not that easy,at least for me 
I tried to smoke fewer cigarettes daily but it took one single stressfully event to recover the lost time, arghh….
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I am just proud of my dad because he had stopped smoking. He have self discipline
living in NY – I see this ad about every other commercial break during prime time. I change the channel everytime – it doesn’t speak to me other than – GROSS. Just like the brain and heart surgery quit smoking ads NYS has run. I”m glad to see the campaign is scheduled to end soon.
As for the actor smoking – it doesn’t surprise me. If one heart attack doesn’t make you stop.. then another a year later – i’m not sure what will. I just quit cold turkey one day and haven’t gone back since.
Its interesting to read this today – last night after that commercial was on, I said to my fiance – don’t you think that guy must have had some other health issues if he had 2 heart attacks and a stroke by the time he was 30. Sure smoking probably didn’t help but there might have been other factors.
Sometimes its easier to say it, but hard to do it. I have alot of friends who are smokers and everytime i see them, they said “This is my last one, i will be stopping after this” A few years later, they are still smoking.. LOL. I think ones need to really put on alot of effort to overcome the smoking addiction. To all smokers: Cut down your cigrattes now!! Live a healthy lifestyle!
I thing it’s easier to leave cigarettes if you replace it with another habbit!