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Government of Canada
Health Living: Smoking Diseases
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...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Teacher's Corner: Effects of Smoking on the Body [Pdf]
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.
Other
Children, Youth and Women's Health Service: Kids' Health: Smoking
Learn why people smoke and about the effects of smoking.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Facts on Drugs: Tobacco, Nicotine, Vaping E Cigarettes
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Smoking Hurts People
[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.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Secondary Hypertension
This resourcecontains a thorough overview of secondary hypertension. There is also information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Secondhand Smoke
Use this site to learn why a "Burning cigarette is a health risk to everyone in the same room." This web-article describes the various hazards associated with secondhand smoke and includes information on its effect on children. Also,...
Government of Canada
Health Canada: Tobacco Product Labelling
Walk through the anatomy of a cigarette package. First, look at the mandatory graphic health warnings. Next, examine the toxic emissions statement that gives the emission levels of six toxic chemicals. Finally, read the health...
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: Mama Didn't Know
Online children's story that teaches about the health effects of breathing secondhand smoke. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see why it's so important not to smoke when children are present; it can affect your health but...
Curated OER
Kids Health: What Is Cancer?
Use this site to find out what cancer really is. Learn the causes, effects, and treatments of this scary disease.