1. Tackling Tobacco

2. Tackling Tobacco Why Do Teens Start to Smoke?
List three reasons why you think that some teens start to smoke.
Get together with a partner to discuss the reasons you each wrote down. Between the two of you, how many different reasons did you come up with?
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3. Tackling Tobacco Why Do Teens Start to Smoke?
Design a T-shirt or bumper sticker with an anti-smoking message. The message should address at least one of the reasons why you and your partner think that some teens start to smoke.
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5. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
Do you have friends or family members who say that they want to quit smoking, but continue to smoke?
yes no
Switch to QuickTake version of the quiz.
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6. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
If you do not smoke, which reason best explains why not?
I don’t want to smell like smoke.
I don’t want to harm my body.
I don’t want to disappoint my parents.
I don’t like the way it makes me feel.
I don’t want to become addicted.
My friends do not smoke.
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7. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
The pressure that I have felt to smoke or use smokeless tobacco is
greater than the pressure I have felt to use alcohol or other drugs.
equal to the pressure I have felt to use alcohol or other drugs.
less than the pressure I have felt to use alcohol or other drugs.
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8. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
In your opinion, what is the primary reason why teens start to smoke?
to fit in with friends
to look older
to look tough
to be defiant
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9. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
After watching this video, do you think that you will examine tobacco ads more critically?
yes no
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10. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
Whose story had the greatest influence on your feelings about tobacco use?
Lavale
Ashley
Pam
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11. Tackling Tobacco What most motivates you to make healthy decisions?
Class Survey
What most motivates you to make healthy decisions?
thoughts of future goals
advice from parents
examples set by siblings
examples set by friends
desire to be a good role model
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12. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
Have you ever tried to convince another person to not start smoking?
yes no
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13. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
What do you think most motivated Lavale to quit smoking?
He felt he was setting a bad example for his martial arts students.
Smoking was starting to affect his physical performance.
He was worried about long-term health consequences.
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14. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
Do you agree with Andy Lord that teens are more likely to make good decisions when they are given information and allowed to draw their own conclusions?
yes no
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15. Tackling Tobacco
Class Survey
Why do you think that teen-organized advocacy programs may be more successful in influencing teens than adult-organized programs?
Teens have more respect for the opinions of other teens.
Teens know how to talk to other teens.
When teens deliver a message, it seems less “bossy” than when adults deliver it.
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17. End of Chapter 16 Discovery Education Video
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