Activity 2 Students simulate how smoking makes breathing difficult. They breathe through a straw while pinching their nose closed, then repeat the exercise while running in place. Activity 3 Students guess how much it costs to smoke a pack of cigarettes every day for a month and for a year. Activity 4 Students are asked why people start smoking or chewing tobacco. Activity 5 Students use advertisements and a worksheet to explore the tobacco industry's marketing strategies.
Students make posters showing the positive effects of staying tobacco-free.
Posters can be displayed at school and in the community. A winning poster from each class is entered into a state contest. The winning poster in the state contest is entered into the national contest. It has been implemented in 44 states. It was introduced in Minnesota during the 1996-97 academic year, when it reached 300,000 children in the United States.