CDC Tips from Former Smokers Campaign highlights dangers of dual use with ecigs ... and that ecigs failed for quitting

The new CDC Tips campaign that just launched features a story from Kristy.  A woman who tried to quit with ecigs and remained a dual user.
 

Kristy tried using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as a way to cut back on cigarette smoking, but she continued to smoke regular cigarettes. Her cough didn’t get better, and eventually, Kristy stopped using e-cigarettes and went back to smoking only regular cigarettes. A few months later, her right lung collapsed, which can be life threatening. She was rushed to the hospital. Kristy spent 2 weeks there on powerful pain medicine as doctors inserted chest tubes and performed surgery to repair her collapsed lung. Tests also showed that Kristy had the beginning stages of emphysema and COPD, lung diseases that make it harder and harder to breathe and have no cure. COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 

Read her whole story and see the ad here.