The interactive teaching approach includes group discussion, stories, games and role-play. A smoking prevention program designed to educate 2nd, 4th, and 6th grade students on the effects of tobacco use. It involves discussion of lung health issues, peer pressure and advertising including videos and handouts. This program is designed to educate children about the importance of healthy lungs and how the environment affects the lungs. It also covers peer pressure.
Discussions focus on peer pressure and advertising.
These support groups are held in conjunction with area hospitals in order to meet the needs of adults suffering from lung disease and cancer. The American Lung Association fights for improved government standards for air quality including new laws that will protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and other legislation concerning the Illinois Clean Indoor Act, radon, carbon monoxide and leaf burning. The ALA also works with the Environmental Protection Agency and other local and state groups to find ways to clean the air. Each year the ALA funds more than 200 research grants which allow medical scientists to research the causes of lung disease and therefore develop more effective treatments and cures. This knowledge is shared with physicians, scientists and health care workers in professional journals, scientific publications, educational programs and conferences.