Teaching Resources and Lesson plans for kids learning about tobacco
Sites
Action pack
http://www.quit.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=1752 school fact sheets
Oxygen
http://www.oxygen.org.au/
Interactives that explain what is in a cigarette, how much it costs to smoke and what happens inside your body when you smoke.
Smoke Free Zone
http://www.smokefreezone.org/
Lists health risks to children of passive smoking.
Scene Smoking
http://www.scenesmoking.org/
Each week movies are reviewed and graded based on how tobacco is depicted.
Smoke Free Movies
http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/index.html
This award winning web site opens secret industry files, names names, and gives you all the facts about smoking in the movies.
Smoking in the Movies
http://press.njrebel.com/factsheets_view.asp?id=18
Lists information about smoking in the movies such as 88 percent of Disney's PG movies included smoking over the past five years, the highest among all major studios.
The Truth
http://www.thetruth.com/index.cfm?crazyworld=truth
Interactive site with activities related to various health issues.
Smoking and Tobacco Fact Sheets
http://www.nswcc.org.au/editorial.asp?pageid=1046
Cancer Council fact sheets about the history of smoking, statistics, smoking and the environment and passive smoking.
BADvertising Country
http://www.badvertising.org/index.html
Here in BADvertising Country we counter the seduction of cigarette advertising by doctoring-up tobacco ads to make them honest.
Tobacco Survivors
http://www.tobaccosurvivors.org/
Personal stories of people living with and dying from tobacco and passive smoking related illness.
Celebrity Deaths
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/notables.html
List of famous US celebrities who died as a result of smoking related illness.
Clean Up Australia: Cigarette Butts
http://www.cleanup.com.au/main.asp?RequestType=Doc&DocID=80&CatID=116
Environmental impacts of discarded butts and statistics on butt pollution in Australia.
Kids Hooked On Tobacco More Quickly
http://www.ashaust.org.au/mediareleases/mr_20020830K.htm
Article about research that suggests children are more rapidly hooked on
tobacco products and on lower amounts than previously believed.
Tobacco: child sales
http://www.ashaust.org.au/mediareleases/mr_20020417.htm
Article about the third of underage smokers who are supplied illegally by
retailers.
More for Teachers ...
Lessons
Anti-Smoking Jingle or Rap
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000509/
After reading information about tobacco, the class discusses the problems
associated with smoking. The students then work in groups to create a song,
jingle or rap with an anti-smoking message.
All Choked Up By Smoking Statistics
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981119thursday.html
Students use the US article 'More College Students Are Smoking' as a
springboard for discussion on the reasons why people smoke cigarettes and
investigate different methods of graphing statistics.
Living to 100 Healthspan Calculator
http://www.livingto100.com/quiz.htm
Students calculate their life expectancy using this quiz which includes
questions about smoking.
Smoking Prevention Lesson Plans
http://www.smokingprevention.co.uk/smoking%20lesson%20plans.htm
Lessons on smoking prevention for K-6 students.
Teacher Reference
Sane Factsheets: Smoking and Mental Illness
http://www.sane.org/factsheetsmoking.html
Information on smoking and how it relates to mental health.
Quit Smoking for Good — A Quit Smoking Guide
This convenient Quit Smoking Guide will provide you with all the information you need to make that process as easy and effective as possible.
Action On Smoking And Health Australia
http://www.ashaust.org.au/
Site with information for teachers, students and other community members about the tobacco industry, anti-smoking movements, facts and issues.
Smoke Free Zone
http://www.smokefreezone.org/
Lists health risks to children of passive smoking and free resources to help to make NSW cars and homes smoke free zones.
Tobacco Control Supersite
http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/
University of Sydney site that includes images of tobacco advertising,
anti-smoking posters and a tobacco industry document gateway.
NRAHS: Health and Tobacco
http://www.nrahs.nsw.gov.au/population/promotion/tobacco/index.php?pageid=35
2&siteid=57
Information, FAQs and statistics about tobacco.
Tobacco Dirty Tricks
http://www.no-smoke.org/shenanigans.html
Information on organisations that monitor strategies of US tobacco
companies.
World Health Organisation: Tobacco Atlas
http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/
Presents a worldwide view of tobacco use and explains how half the people
that smoke today, that is about 650 million people, will eventually be
killed by tobacco.
Kids From Smoky Homes
http://www.ashaust.org.au/mediareleases/mr_20030528.htm
A new study shows primary school children exposed to tobacco smoke at home
are more likely to miss school with respiratory ailments, especially asthma.
Resilience Education and Drug Information
http://www.redi.gov.au/
This DEST website contains a comprehensive database of information about
resources, policies and materials for drug education and incident
management.
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