Process

The first step that you will take is to each do individual research, on-line, using the following websites. (Remember to take notes during this process, the notes will help you keep facts straight and help you to remember the main points.)

Explore some of these websites:

1.) Tobacco Free Kids        

2.) Not In Mama's Kitchen

3.) Smoke Free Homes & Cars 

4.) Tar Wars

5.) American Heart Association

6.) American Lung Association

 

Then read the questions that are below and use the provided links to find the answers!!!

 

1.) What is second hand smoke, and does it make other people (especially children) sick when they are exposed to it?        

                                  

For Answer 

Click Here & Here & Here & Here

 

2.) What are some of the harmful substances in tobacco products? Name at least three. (Hint: There are way more than three) 

For Answer Click Here 

 

 

3.) Types of diseases that tobacco products cause? You should be able to name at least three. (Hint: There are way more than just three!) 

For Answer Click Here & Here

 

 

4.) How much money does a person that uses tobacco products spend in a         month/year on tobacco products?                    

For answer Click Here

(Hint: There are 20 cigarettes in a pack. Most adult smokers smoke about 1 pack a day. A pack of cigarettes is about $5.00)

 

5.) How many people die each year in the United States from tobacco related diseases? 

For Answer Click Here

 

Do you want to see a picture of a lung from a person that died from smoking?

This is kind of gross, so you do not have to look if you don't want to.

If you want to see, click:

Picture of a Lung from a Smoker 

 

Next, your teacher will divide you into groups of four or five.        

                                    

First, you will start with a discussion based on the information that you researched on-line. Remember to bring your notes.

Compare your notes to see if your classmates found the same information as you did.  

                            

After comparing your notes, discuss the questions: Please refer to the above questions and answers. (Pick a group leader to rewrite main points on a separate paper.)

             

Did you all have similar answers?

Next, discuss why it is important to know these facts. (Hint: when a person is ill, it affects other people; financially (think hospital bills), time wise, burdens family, and lost work & wages)

Note: The group leader does not write for the next section, just discuss.

Do you or someone you know smoke or use tobacco products?

If you answered yes, how does this make you feel? (you may have many different feelings about this.)

Are you sad    or angry  or do you think that the person is cool  ?

How old is the person?

Why do you think they smoke or use other tobacco products? 

                                            

                   

O.K., now that you have information about tobacco products and their affect on people's health, what would you say to someone that offers you a cigarette or some other tobacco product like chew?

The final step is to reflect on what you have just discussed and write a journal about your feelings regarding tobacco products like cigarettes.

                                            

Some things to think about:

Has someone you love become sick or has died from smoking?   

How does it make you feel when someone smokes around you, like in your home or in the car? Or how do you feel when one of your friend's parents smoke around you?

Why would someone want to spend that much money on something that will possibly make them ill later in life?

How would you tell a friend or someone else "NO" you don't want a cigarette?

                                    

These are important questions to ask yourself. It is your body and your health that will be affected if exposed to tobacco or second hand smoke. You have the right to say "Please do not smoke while I am around".