Script from the Stroke Television Commercial
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| A WOMAN HAVING A SMOKE IN HER BACK YARD. SHE LOOKS AT HER CHILDREN PLAYING INSIDE. | ||
| AS SHE INHALES, WE THE SMOKE DOWN HER TRACHEA. | VO: Every cigarette is doing you damage. |  |
| MIX TO A BRAIN BEING PLACED ON A SURGICAL TABLE. | Smoking creates blood clots which can cause strokes. | |
| GLOVED HANDS PICK UP A SURGICAL KNIFE. | Some strokes kill, blind or paralyse... | |
| WE CUT AWAY TO THE SURGEON'S FACE DURING THE CUT | Others you don't even know you're having. | |
| THE CUT SECTION IS PULLED ASIDE AND DAMAGED BRAIN TISSUE OOZES FROM THE AREA OF THE INFRACTION | This is the result of a minor stroke in a smoker... aged thirty-eight. | |
| WE EXIT AS THE WOMAN EXHALES TO SEE HER STILL SMOKING AWAY | 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. | |
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