Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.3B Grade 12 CPI 2

 

Standard: 2.3 - Drugs & Medicine

 

Strand: B - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  2 - The student will assess the impact of passive smoke on the health of children, individuals with allergies and asthma, and nonsmokers and describe initiatives created to lessen the impact.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        TOBACCO USE: WHAT HAPPENS - Using anatomical models or computer images, students discuss the short and long-term effects of tobacco use on the body. (Be sure to include information on smokeless tobacco as well as cigars and cigarettes.) Based on the effects noted during the anatomical model display, students predict the effects of second hand smoke on infants and children.

Variation: Focus on the impact of other substances, such as cocaine or alcohol.

Variation: Invite a guest speaker (e.g., a pathologist, mortician) to discuss the effects of the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs on the body. The speaker should focus the presentation on the current drug of choice.

 

·        SMOKING BOTHERS ME - Ask the class: “How do you feel if you are in a room with someone who smokes? What happens to your body when you inhale second-hand smoke? How do you handle the situation? What do you say or do? How does smoking impact the environment?” In small groups, students discuss the effects of cigarette or cigar smoke on the smoker and those around him/her and develop strategies to deal with exposure to second-hand smoke.

Variation: Students examine laws that regulate smoking and debate whether smoking should be permitted in public areas, such as government buildings, schools, malls, and restaurants.