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Government of Canada

Health Living: Smoking Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about all the different diseases you can get by smoking. Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, smoke, and lung cancer, to name just a few. Find out the link between impotence and smoking, as well as to bronchitis and...
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Canadian Lung Association: Smoking and Tobacco Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the statistics on smoking and tobacco in Canada. Focuses particularly on young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four and looks at changes in smoking status and amount smoked. Studies tobacco use in middle school aged...
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University of Washington

Genome Sciences Education Outreach: Investigating Smoking Behavior

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Curriculum unit enables learners to carry out authentic research on smoking behavior and examines how genetic and environmental factors may influence this behavior.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Kids and Smoking

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco. Good information about the social pressures that lead them to begin.
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Action on Smoking and Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Established as a campaign to eliminate the epidemic of smoking, the Action on Smoking and Health aims to develop awareness about the use of tobacco, and reduce tobacco related diseases.
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: Q & a About Smoking Cessation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses, through a series of questions and answers, the benefits of smoking cessation. Also provides links to definitions of many of the terms used throughout the site.
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Other

Action on Smoking and Health: Information and Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the health implications of cigarette use and other tobacco-related research. Includes smoking fact sheets, current statistics of tobacco use, legal information, visual resources, and details about the tobacco industry.
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Other

March of Dimes: Smoking and Pregnancy

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explores the effects of smoking on an unborn baby. Content includes tips to help you quit smoking as well as resources you can use to help the process.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Nida: Behavioral Problems Related to Maternal Smoking

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the dangers of smoking while pregnant, and the affects on children in the future.
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Read Works

Read Works: Smoking Hurts People and the Environment!

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about smoking and how it hurts both people and the environment. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Teacher's Corner: Effects of Smoking on the Body [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the effects smoking tobacco has on the major organs of the human body. They also develop a presentation to persuade others to not start the smoking habit.
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Read Works

Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the damage smoking does to the body. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
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Read Works

Read Works: Smoking Hurts People

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the negative effects of smoking on people and on the environment. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: E Cigarette Poisonings

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the health risks posed by the use of e-cigarettes in young people.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Kids and Smoking

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco, this website from Kids Health offers good information about the social pressures that cause kids to start using tobacco.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smoking Cessation and Behavioral Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the chart to complete the five-question quiz concerning smoking cessation and behavioral change.
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Children, Youth and Women's Health Service: Kids' Health: Smoking

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn why people smoke and about the effects of smoking.
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US Food and Drug Administration

Fda: Us Food and Drug Administration: Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Label

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphic labels and warnings are due to be on tobacco products to warn consumers of the consequences of smoking. January 2011
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Government of Canada

Health Living: Youth Zone: Tobacco

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents youth with the facts about smoking. Try testing your knowledge of how tobacco affects you by taking a short online quiz. Explore the connection of smoking and Hollywood movies as well. From Health Canada.
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Other

Graphic Organizer: Cause and Effect: Smoking [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This PDF resource provides a blank cause and effect graphic organizer for listing the effects of smoking. Requires Adobe Reader.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Nida: Facts on Drugs: Tobacco, Nicotine, Vaping E Cigarettes

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive resource provides facts about tobacco addiction. Covers topics such as nicotine addicion, how and why tobacco is used and the adverse health effects of tobacco use.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: China's Chances of Kicking a Growing Smoking Habit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the growing smoking habit in China, especially among males.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Cigarettes Affect the Body?

For Students 9th - 10th
Krishna Sudhir details what happens when we smoke and when we quit.
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Read Works

Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage includes six reasons why people should not smoke. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Questions are provided as supplements to the passage.

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