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Skip Legault, After Two Heart Attacks and an Amputated Leg, Just Can't Quit
Jump to full article: ABC News, 2008-01-11
Author: MARCUS BARAM
Intro: Legault insisted that his appearance in the ads is not hypocritical, because he never claims he quit smoking. "I don't feel like a hypocrite, because I'm not telling people what to do. I'm not telling them not to smoke. I'm just showing them what happens."
What's happened to Legault since he started smoking at the age of 8 has been a long decline in health. After suffering two heart attacks in his late 20s, he had a stroke in 1993, which forced him to stop working, and at least seven blood clots that led doctors to amputate his lower leg due to gangrene.
"I'd love to walk again, and I'll never be able to do that. Just walk down the street holding hands with someone."
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