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2. negative peer pressure
Pressure you feel to go along with harmful behaviors or beliefs of others your age
point-of-sale advertising
Advertising campaigns in which a product is promoted at a store’s checkout counter
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3. In this lesson, you will learn to
identify ways teens are influenced to try tobacco.
explain how to avoid pressure to use tobacco.
describe the rights of nonsmokers.

4. Predicting
Glance at the headings and pictures in this lesson. Predict what this lesson will teach you.
Headings in this Lesson
Why Some Teens Start Using Tobacco
Staying Tobacco Free
Nonsmokers’ Rights

5. Why Some Teens Start Using Tobacco
Reasons why some teens start using tobacco are:
Negative peer pressure
Family members
Negative peer pressure:
At some point, most teens will be offered, or even strongly encouraged, to use tobacco.
Family members:
Teens who live in homes where tobacco is used are more likely to use tobacco themselves.
negative peer pressure Pressure you feel to go along with harmful behaviors or beliefs of others your age

6. Why Some Teens Start Using Tobacco
Reasons why some teens start using tobacco are:
Advertising
Point-of-sale promotions
Media
Adverting:
Point-of-sale promotions effectively capture the attention of shoppers as they are waiting to pay.
Media:
TV shows and movies often show characters having fun while smoking.
A recent study of 200 popular films and 1,000 popular songs revealed that tobacco was featured in 75% of movies meant for young viewers. Nearly one out of three pop songs makes tobacco use seem glamorous.
point-of-sale promotions Advertising campaigns in which a product is promoted at a store’s checkout counter

7. Staying Tobacco Free
Ninety percent of adult smokers report having started smoking before the age of 18.
If you avoid using tobacco now, there is a strong possibility that you won’t start smoking as an adult.

8. Staying Tobacco Free Choose friends who do not use tobacco.
Avoid situations where tobacco is likely to be used.
Use the S.T.O.P. strategy to help you say no.
There is no question that resisting negative peer pressure can be difficult. These tips will help you resist negative peer pressure.
The S.T.O.P. strategy is:
Say no.
Tell why.
Offer another idea.
Promptly leave.

9. You have the right to breathe air that is free of tobacco smoke.
Nonsmokers’ Rights
You have the right to breathe air that is free of tobacco smoke.
Many local laws forbid smoking in designated areas such as businesses, schools, and public transportation vehicles.

10. What I Learned Vocabulary What is negative peer pressure?
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What I Learned
Vocabulary What is negative peer pressure?
the pressure you feel to go along with harmful behaviors or beliefs of others

11. What I Learned Describe Name ways of avoiding pressure to try tobacco.
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What I Learned
Describe Name ways of avoiding pressure to try tobacco.
Stay away from people who smoke or use other tobacco products. Steer clear of situations where tobacco is likely to be used.

12. What I Learned Recall What right is shared by all nonsmokers?
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What I Learned
Recall What right is shared by all nonsmokers?
You have the right to breathe air that is free of tobacco smoke.

13. Lesson 5 Review
Thinking Critically
Evaluate Of all the sources that pressure to smoke can come from, which do you find the most persuasive, and why?
Sample answer: Seeing people in the entertainment industries is most persuasive because these people are portrayed as heroes.

14. Lesson 5 Review
Thinking Critically
Analyze You are sitting in a non-smoking area of a restaurant. A person at the next table lights up. When you point to the no-smoking sign, the person extinguishes the cigarette. She then says, “You know, smokers have rights, too.” How do you respond?
Sample answer: Smokers only have the right to smoke when they aren't endangering the health of another person. Every nonsmoker has the right to breathe air that is free of tobacco smoke.

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