1. Chapter 14
Tobacco
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Saying No to Tobacco Use

2. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Why Do Teens Use Tobacco?
Influence of Peers and Family
People are more likely to use tobacco if their friends use it.
Some teens use tobacco in order to fit in with their friends.
Some teens use tobacco because they think it makes them seem cooler or more mature.
Some teens smoking will help them feel more confident around others.
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3. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Why Do Teens Use Tobacco?
Influence of Peers and Family
It is also common for teens to start smoking when tobacco is used in their homes.
Similar to peer pressure, families can pressure teens into using tobacco even if family members do not directly encourage smoking.
Other reasons teens try tobacco include wanting to rebel, being curious, or thinking the health risks do not apply to them.
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4. Television shows, movies, and video games
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Influence of the Media and Advertising
Television shows, movies, and video games
An estimated one-third of popular movies made for children and teens still show images of people smoking.
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5. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Influence of the Media and Advertising
Advertisements
Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars to advertise their products. Eighty percent of underage smokers use the three most-advertised brands. Tobacco companies see teens as a target audience.
New Vocabulary
target audience A group of people for which a product is intended
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6. Point of Sale Promotion
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BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Influence of the Media and Advertising
Product Placement
If you see a favorite celebrity smoking, it could have an influence on you.
Point of Sale Promotion
Tobacco companies use a point of sale promotion to get shoppers’ attention.
New Vocabulary
product placement A paid arrangement a company has made to show its products in media such as television or film
New Vocabulary
point of sale promotion Advertising campaigns in which a product is promoted at a store’s checkout counter
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7. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Resisting Tobacco Use
Ninety percent of adult smokers start smoking before age 18. If you avoid tobacco use as a teen, you will greatly decrease the chance that you will smoke as an adult.
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8. Clean, fresh-smelling clothes and hair Better sports performance
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Reasons to Say No
Overall health
Clear, healthy skin
Clean, fresh-smelling clothes and hair
Fresh breath
Better sports performance
Environmental health
Money savings
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9. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Ways to Say No
Choose to spend time with others who are tobacco free. Be prepared to be asked if you want to try to tobacco.
Use the S.T.O.P. strategy: Say "no" firmly. Tell why not. Offer another idea. Promptly leave.
Practice saying no in an assertive style that shows you are serious but also shows you respect others.
Speak in a firm voice with your head up. This will tell others you mean what you say.
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10. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Your Rights as a Nonsmoker
You have the right to breathe air that is free of tobacco smoke. Many laws are in place to protect nonsmokers. It has become easier to find smoke-free places. As a nonsmoker, you can ask people not to smoke around you.
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11. Saying No to Tobacco Use
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Saying No to Tobacco Use
BIG IDEA
It is important to have strategies to resist the strong influences around tobacco use.
Breaking the Tobacco Habit
The cold turkey method can be difficult for people because they need help breaking the addiction to nicotine. One source of help is nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), which include nicotine gums, lozenges, and patches worn on the skin. 
New Vocabulary
cold turkey Stopping all use of tobacco products immediately
New Vocabulary
nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) Products that assist a person in breaking a tobacco habit
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Vocabulary Explain what the term cold turkey means. Use it in a complete sentence.
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Identify List at least three benefits of being tobacco free.
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Summarize Explain how people who wish to stop using tobacco can get help.
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Thinking Critically
Infer Why is it easier never to start using tobacco than it is to quit once you have started?
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Thinking Critically
Apply How would you influence a peer to make the healthful choice to quit smoking?
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Applying Health Skills
Goal Setting Make a plan to help someone quit using tobacco. Research what resources are available online. Include alternative activities the tobacco user can do when he or she experiences the urge to use tobacco.
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18. Chapter 14
Tobacco
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Lesson 5
Saying No to Tobacco Use