DAILY LEADER / KATIE WILLIAMSON / The RAT performers visited Wesson elementary students Thursday to warn them about the dangers of tobacco. The Reject All Tobacco campaign is a national effort to reduce the number of Mississippi children who try tobacco. RAT performer Emily Moran, 17, runs through the crowd of children in the auditorium Thursday.

Mary Park Haynie, 17, presents disgusting facts about tobacco with Terance the Rat.

Kindergartener Bently Roberson runs back to her seat with at R.A.T. t-shirt in hand.