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TODAY IS THE
GREAT AMERICAN
SMOKEOUT... A DAY
SMOKERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO QUIT FOR 24-HOURS
IN HOPES THEY MIGHT
KICK THE HABIT FOR
GOOD.
TONIGHT, KATC'S
CANDICE GALE
INTRODUCES US TO A
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
WHO USED HYPNOSIS TO
STAY SMOKE-FREE.
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BRENDA PLACE AND HER
DAUGHTER ANNETTE LOPEZ
"WERE" LIFE-LONG
SMOKERS... THE 43-YEAR
HABIT WAS TAKING IT'S
TOLL ON BRENDA'S
HEALTH.
3:29 BRENDA
PLACE: I WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL EVERY YEAR
WITH BRONCHITUS,
PNUEMONIA... ASTHMA...
AT HER DAUGHTER'S
URGING, SHE FINALLY
AGREED IT WAS TIME TO
QUIT... AND TRIED
EVERYTHING UNDER THE
SUN, BUT NOTHING
WORKED... UNTIL
HYPNOSIS... THE EFFECT
WAS IMMEDIATE.
1:57 BRENDA: HE
SAID ARE YOU OK? I
SAID OH YEAH! YOU WANT
A CIGARETTE? OH NO!
TASTE NASTY IN MY
MOUTH WHEN I THOUGHT
OF CIGARETTES I
HAVEN'T SMOKED SINCE.
1:05 ROB RUE: IF
YOU TELL SOMEONE
CIGARETTES DON'T TASTE
GOOD, DON'T SMELL
GOOD, THEY'RE NOT GOOD
FOR YOU... THINGS THAT
EVERYBODY KNOWS
ANYWAY, IT BEGINS TO
AFFECT THEIR BEHAVIOR.
A WEEK AFTER HER
MOM'S SUCCESS ANNETTE
WAS READY TO QUIT...
BUT IT WASN'T LONG
BEFORE HER RESOLVE WAS
SERIOUSLY TESTED WHEN
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER.
5:41 ANNETTE
LOPEZ: THE MOST
NERVOUS TIME IN MY
LIFE WHEN THEY
DIAGNOSED ME. WHEN SHE
CAME IN AND SAID IT'S
MALIGNANT. IT NEVER
ENTERED MY MIND TO
SMOKE A CIGARETTE.
NEVER.
ANNETTE TOOK HER
LAST CHEMOTHERAPY
TREATMENT 2-WEEKS AGO
... SHE'S NOW IN
REMISSION.
AND EVEN AFTER
SMOKING MORE THAN
2-PACKS A DAY FOR ALL
THOSE YEARS, BOTH
MOTHER AND DAUGHER SAY
THEY'VE NEVER FELT
BETTER THAN THEY DO
NOW.
IN LAFAYETTE,
CANDICE GALE, KATC
TV-3 ACADIANA'S
NEWSCHANNEL.
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