“I would be willing to have my photo put on cigarette packets. I am trying to do all I can while I am alive to persuade people to quit.”

~Maureen Hamiltonmaur1.jpg

Dying ex-smoker Maureen Hamilton, is now unrecognizable from her former glamorous self, and said she would be happy for her photograph to be used on cigarette packets in a bid to try and persuade people to quit.

The 57-year-old is suffering from deadly emphysema, and is now a bedridden invalid who relies on a ventilator to breathe. She can only eat baby food and forceps have to be used to remove mucus from her airways to stop her choking.