Fine Arts- Design and create posters persuading people not to smoke, and display them around the school. Research the uses of tobacco in other cultures, as well as the historic importance of tobacco in the economies of many countries. Language Arts- Write a Letter to the Editor of The New York Times or your school's newspaper about the issues discussed in the article. Keep a log of instances in which a character smokes on a television show or in a movie. Students can also analyze cigarette ads in newspapers, magazines, and on billboards, focusing on who is in each ad, what they are doing, and how the product is presented.
Research diseases that are often result from cigarette smoking.
In addition, this lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards of a specific state. Links are provided where available from each McREL standard to the Achieve website containing state standards for over 40 states. Represents problem situations in and translates among oral, written, concrete, pictoral, and graphical forms Mathematics Standard 2- Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers. Mathematics Standard 6- Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis. Health Standard 2- Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health.