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General Description of Activity
Prior to the event, Raze crewmembers take a large roll of craft paper (sized big enough for a large audience to see) and write key ingredients that are found in tobacco products (see partial list below). At the event, the roll of craft paper with the ingredients listed on it is unveiled to the audience. An announcer identifies each of the key ingredients. A suggested script is attached to this overview.
Materials Needed:
- 48' x 20' roll of craft paper
- Markers
- 5 - 25 teens
- list of ingredients found in tobacco products
Best Place to perform commotion
- Halftime of basketball and football games
- School events
- Malls
Suggested Script
West Virginia teens started a movement called Raze with one goal: to tear down the lies of Big Tobacco and to educate other teens about the dangers of using tobacco products. We use demonstrations called "Commotions" to get the attention of the public. Right now several of our crewmembers are on the basketball court/football field unrolling a list of ingredients you may not have known are found in tobacco products. There are thousands of these toxins and poisons that tobacco companies don't want you to know are in their products. They include:
- Arsenic - which is used in pesticides
- Lead - stunts your growth and damages the brain
- Formaldehyde - is used to preserve dead bodies
- Ammonia - lets you absorb more nicotine keeping you hooked on smoking
- Benzopyrene - is one of the most potent cancer-causing chemicals in the world
- Acetone - is one of the most active ingredients in nail polish remover
- Benzene - is found in pesticides and gasoline
- Toluene - is commonly used in paint thinner
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