Most patients with diagnosed lung cancer die within a few years. Raise your hands like a conductor to cue and pace students as they recite the names of diseases. Students repeat in unison the words heart disease in a light, quick manner. Students repeat the phrase three times-faster each time. Oh, no, lung cancer in a deep and sorrowful tone of voice, speaking very slowly.
Students repeat the phrase two more times, each time sounding more sorrowful.
Hold your rib cage area with your hands and bend forward at the waist to pronounce emphysema, speaking as if you can barely talk without gasping for air. Students repeat the word twice with you, copying your body language. Students recite all three diseases in order, using the three pronunciations they practiced. Demonstrate effects of tobacco use. It doesn't take years for smoking to affect the heart and circulatory system.