Tobacco
Choose to be tobacco free. Avoid exposure to cigarette smoke.
There are three learning resources on this page: Impacts of Tobacco ,Tobacco Facts, and Tobacco at Home. Each one starts with a short video, followed by an activity that is designed to be used in a classroom, but could be used by anyone.
Please take this pre-quiz to see what you know!
Impacts of Tobacco
Throat Cancer.mp4Tobacco Facts
Tobacco Hacks 21; It's All About Money!.mp4Thanks to Cordelia Stewart, Tobacco Prevention Program Manager at Maniilaq, and Charlie Ess of RurAL CAP for providing this video!
Tobacco Kills.mp4Tobacco at Home
Casandra clouds.wmvClouds: Effects of Tobacco By Cassandra Kroto
"Take care of you so you can help others! Stay Healthy."
The Real Cost of Vaping: Know the Truth
Do you know someone that says vaping is NOT harmful? Think again.
E-cigarettes contain nicotine, the same highly addictive drug that is in cigarettes.
E-cigarettes contain as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes.
E-cigarettes can cause permanent lung damage.
Learn the truth about what is in e-cigarettes and how harmful they are to your lungs.
Most young people choose NOT to use tobacco, including e-cigarettes. In 2020 about 4 out of 5 high school students made the healthy choice NOT to use e-cigarettes.
Cigs-in-a-Pod.pdf"Cigs in a Pod" from Stanford Medicine's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit
Risks-of-Ecig-and-Vape-Use-Powerpoint-Factsheet.pdf"Risks of E-Cigarette and Vape Pen Use" from Stanford Medicine's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit
To Learn More:
American Lung Association
• Program to use for teen cessation: N-O-T (Not On Tobacco) Soon to be offered as an app
• Program to use in the place of suspension: Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health (INDEPTH)
The Real Cost of Vaping
• FDA/Scholastic collaboration on school curriculum
• https://www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks/index.html
Vaping: Know the truth
• Free digital learning experience/ curriculum
• https://truthinitiative.org/curriculum
E-cigarette and Vape Pen Module
• Stanford Medicine's Tobacco Prevention Toolkit
• https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit/curriculum-decision-maker/by-module/E-Cigs.html