From: Longitudinal impact of a youth tobacco education program
Activity: | Objectives: |
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1. discussion of tobacco use prevalence [pre-activity] | review information on the percentage of 4th/5th grade students, 9th grade students and adults who are tobacco-free, recognize that most people are tobacco-free |
2. short term effects of tobacco use | discussion of the short-term effects of tobacco use (smelling clothes, yellow teeth, bad breath, cough, burn holes); interactive demonstration of how tobacco smoke decreases lung volumes |
3. costs of using tobacco | calculation of the cost of tobacco use, discussion of alternative uses of money |
4. reasons why people begin to use tobacco | understand reasons why people begin to use tobacco, identify responses when these situations arise |
5. tobacco and advertising | increase students' knowledge of the tobacco industry's marketing strategies (image distortions) and how tobacco advertising attempts to influence product purchase, students begin think critically about tobacco advertisements/misperceptions |
6. design a poster emphasizing the positive effects of not using tobacco | reinforce the Tar Wars lesson, creatively demonstrate individualized integration of curriculum along with prior information on tobacco use prevention |