and while the amputations he has undergone from buerger's disease are very specific to buerger's disease, amputations from smoking are very common in a wide range of people. second, roosevelt smith from virginia, age 51, who's had a heart attack and heart surgery. he was 45 when he was diagnosed. and third, terrie hall from north carolina, who is 45, has had neck cancer, diagnosed at age 40. we will hear presentations from these three individuals and then i believe we'll show all of the ads. so, first, brandon?applause ] >> thank you again for inviting me to speak here today. i am brandon from north dakota. i started smoking when i was 15 years old. peer pressure drove me to pick up that first cigarette. just three years later at the age of 18, i was diagnosed with buerger's disease, a disease that affects young or middle-aged smokers between the ages of 20 and 40. it causes inflammation, clotting of your arteries and veins, resulting in reduced circulation. because of that diagnosis, i suffered extreme pain, multiple sores and even gangrene. by the time i was 19, i had lost my left leg,

[applause] >> buerger's disease, a vascular disease brought on by smoking spent my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> first it was my left leg. after my left leg, it was my rightly. and so now i'm a double amputee, all from smoking. >> mica to everyone is, don't believe that this can't happen to you, because it can. >> you can quit. for free help call 1-800 quit now. spent my name is roosevelt the always thought that cigarette smoking just messed up your lungs but i never thought that at only 45 would give me a heart attack. i never thought it would stop me from playing basketball with my kids are kind of thought it would give me a scar like this. and i never thought it would change my life forever. spent my tip is do your part of favor and quit now. >> you can quit. for free help visit smoke-free.gov. >> i am married. [inaudible] >> you can quit. for free help call 1-800-quit-now. >> it began with my big toe. that was my first amputation that i had spent buerger's disease, it's a flash of disease brought on by smoking. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> first it was