HEALTH Unit 4: Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse
Lesson 1: The Dangers of Cigarette Smoking
This material is designed to inform your students about the dangers of cigarette smoking and teach them the various strategies to prevent substance use and abuse.
The Dangers of Cigarette Smoking - MAPEH 8 (Health 4th Quarter)
1. THE DANGERS OF
CIGARETTE SMOKING
MR. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA
Malabanias Integrated School
Angeles City
HEALTH
Unit 4 – Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse
4. GATEWAY DRUGS
Gateway drugs such as cigarettes and alcohol
are legal drugs that a non-drug user might
try, which can lead him/her to more
dangerous drugs such as marijuana and
shabu.
5. Activity 1: Key to Knowing
Copy and complete the key diagram below. List the two
gateway drugs in the two smaller boxes and the examples of
dangerous and illegal drugs in the bigger box.
GATEWAY
DRUGS
Dangerous and
Illegal Drugs
6. Activity 2: Why Do Teenagers Smoke
Answer the questions in your activity notebook.
1. Why do teenagers smoke?
2. Why do teenagers explore on using dangerous drugs?
3. Do you think their reasons put their health at risk? Why
or why not?
4. What can teenagers do to avoid smoking and using
dangerous drugs?
7. Activity 3: Acrostic Poems
Write acrostic poems about
smoking and alcohol. You
may use words or phrases
that describe or remind you
of the topic word. The first
word in each line of your
poem should start with the
letters of the topic words.
S
M
O
K
I
N
G
A
L
C
O
H
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L
10. SMOKING
is a practice in which a substance is burned and the
resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and
absorbed into the bloodstream
Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of
the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a
small square of rice paper to create a small, round
cylinder called a "cigarette".
11. TOBACCO
is a tall, leafy plant, originally
grown in south and central
America, but now cultivated
throughout the world
12. CIGARETTE
a thin cylinder of finely-cut
tobacco rolled in paper for
smoking
26. SIDESTREAM SMOKE
the smoke that comes out of
the lighted end of a cigarette
or pipe
is also called second-hand
smoke (SHS) or environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS)
is more dangerous than
mainstream smoke
27. THIRD-HAND SMOKE
smoke left for a long time on sofa,
beddings, pillow and other objects
is also called residual tobacco
smoke (RTS)
settles along with dust and can last
for months
still contains harmful chemicals and
carcinogens
28. Why do young people
start smoking?
Think of some reasons.
29. SOME REASONS:
Young people are attracted to
the image
Because their friends and family
are smokers
Cultural influences
34. Let’s have a look at some.
ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGNS
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41. • How are each of these ads
different?
• Who is the primary target
audience?
• How do the ads make you feel?
• Which ad do you think is most
effective?
• What would your anti-smoking
campaign look like?
QUESTIONS:
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43. THE DANGERS OF
CIGARETTE SMOKING
MR. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA
Malabanias Integrated School
Angeles City
HEALTH
Unit 4 – Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse