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Script from the Tar Television Commercial

Script and Images from the Tar Television Commercial.

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A YOUNG GIRL OF AROUND TWENTY ALONE IN HER APARTMENT. SHE FINDS A SINGLE BENT CIGARETTE AT THE BOTTOM OF HER HANDBAG, STRAIGHTENS IT AND LIGHTS IT UP. young girl gets cigarette out of her handbag
AS SHE INHALES WE FOLLOW THE SMOKE INTO HIS MOUTH AND DOWN HER TRACHEA.VO: Every cigarette is doing you damage.girl smoking cigarette
EXTREME CLOSE UP AS THE SMOKE PASSES ACROSS A MOIST AIRWAY WALL, LEAVING BEHIND A BROWN TAR STAIN.Every time you inhale, tobacco smoke condenses in your lungs to form tar.picture of healthy lung
CUT TO A HEALTHY LUNG BEING SLICED OPEN.This is a healthy lung.sliced open lung with a beaker of tar being
A FULL BEAKER OF TAR IS POURED ONTO THE CUT SURFACE. CLOSE UP AS THE TAR SEEPS DEEP INTO THE DELICATE SPNGE-LIKE TISSUE.And this is the amount of tar a pack-a-day smoker breathes in every year.girl exhales cigarette smoke
WE REVERSE UP THE TRACHEA AND OUT OF OUR SMOKER'S MOUTH TO SEE HER STILL PUFFING AWAY ON HER BENT CIGARETTE. SHE COUGHS.Every cigarette is doing you damage.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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