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| A MAN AT A BUS STOP SEES HIS BUS APPROACHING AND SMOKES QUICKLY TO FINISH HIS CIGARETTE. | ||
| AS HE INHALES, WE FOLLOW THE SMOKE DOWN HIS TRACHEA INTO HIS LUNGS. | VO: Every cigarette is doing you damage. | |
| WE SETTLE AT A JUNCTION IN HIS AIRWAY AND WATCH SMOKE PASSING THROUGH. | New research shows how tobacco smoke attacks a vital gene which protects lung cells from cancer. | |
| CUT TO CANCER GROWING. THE TUMOUR SPREADS THROUGH THE AIRWAY. | One damaged cell is all it takes to start lung cancer growing. | |
| WE REVERSE BACK UP THE TRACHEA AND OUT TO SEE OUR SMOKER STILL PUFFING AWAY AS HIS BUS ARRIVES | Every cigarette is doing you damage. | |
| SUPER: EVERY CIGARETTE IS DOING YOU DAMAGE. QUIT 131 848. THE NATIONAL TOBACCO CAMPAIGN. A FEDERAL, STATE AND TERRITORY HEALTH INITIATIVE. |
Tobacco use reduces not only your life expectancy but your quality of life. Many medical conditions caused by smoking can result not just in death, but in living for years with disabling health problems.
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