Health Consequences of Smoking



Introduction
You need to do some serious research before you begin creating your PSA.  Complete the activity below to gather some important facts about how smoking can hurt you.


Assignment

Using a Microsoft Word, make a table that identifies three long-term and three short-term health effects each, plus two health effects on others.

 

Resources

Facts on Youth Smoking, Health, and Performance
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/youth/ythsprt.htm

What Youth Should Know About Smoking
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/educational_materials/yuthfax1.htm

Evaluation
  Acceptable Unacceptable
Number of facts
  • three long-term effects
  • three short-term effects
  • two effects on others
  • 0- 2 long-term effects
  • 0-2 short-term effects
  • 0-1 effects on others
Accuracy of statements
  • all statements are true, according to resource web sites listed above
  • statements are inaccurate or misleading