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ASH has compiled the
following resources for educators and teachers on current tobacco
control initiatives, harmful effects of smoking on youth, and useful
learning tools.
HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMOKING
See brief
summary (2005) from The Cancer Council NSW - and note that the
evidence is growing all the time! Or for a bit more detail, see
Australian government 2006 factsheet How
smoking harms your health.
ACTIVITIES FOR
STUDENTS
How smoking can change your face
Good interactive
photo-graphic game where you can use a photo on the site or
upload your own pic and then modify it the way smoking can.
Try our ASH
crossword 2 (2005)
Here's a fun and informative way of getting familiar with tobacco
issues, with our website, and with some other relevant
sites. A useful educational tool! Or
try our earlier ASH
crossword 1
The
Critics' Choice (NSW only)
Competition with prizes, for NSW secondary or primary schools,
involving assessing anti-smoking ads and other creative tasks. From the
NSW Dept of Education and Training.
Smoking
in movies
Great new site from The Cancer Council NSW - very youth-friendly,
features young pro surfer Beau Mitchell. Lots of info, links, "Dob
Squad" activity and a competition. Check it!
SCHOOLKIDS, SMOKING AND
PASSIVE SMOKING
Car
and Home: Smoke Free Zone (2003)
Updated slideshow on the ETS & Children Project - dangers of passive smoke to children and what
can be done. From ETS & Children
Taskforce (NSW Health, SIDS, Asthma, Heart, Cancer). 13 slides. Or see
the new, updated Smoke
Free Zone website.
Where
there's smoke there are schoolies
NSW high school kids are smoking a staggering 100 million cigarettes a
year. See the latest smoking statistics from 1999.
Kids
from smoky homes more likely to miss school
Behind those chronic respiratory-related absences there may be a
smoky home environment.
Clear
the air for better learning
May 2002: Research shows passive smoke, even a small amount, shaves points
off kids' IQ.
Smoking
Behaviours of Australian Secondary Students in 2002
Latest survey by
National Tobacco Strategy (published November 2004), showing there are
still more than 200,000 school students smoking weekly - and almost a
quarter are getting it from retail. See
the NSW
figures See
also ASH
media release 24/11/04
Kids need more protection from tobacco
Surge in smoking by pre-teen girls needs to be countered by
stronger measures. See our November 2004 media release, with links to
the NSW Health / Cancer Council survey.
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND KIDS
Tobacco
giant's resource for schools (not!)
Warning: Don't
be fooled by a school resource on smoking commissioned by the world's
largest tobacco company.
Can
the tobacco industry be trusted?
Hasn't the tobacco industry in Australia changed and told us they don't
want kids to smoke anymore? After all, doesn't tobacco giant Philip
Morris (now "Altria") own yummy healthy Vegemite? Check out
the awful truth.
OTHER RESOURCES
Protecting
children from tobacco - video and factsheets
ASH 6min
video and factsheets (2006) on retail display of tobacco - how it
encourages children to smoke, and why health groups want it out of
sight.
View our Slideshows.
See especially Tobacco in
Australia (a good
general introduction to the issues) and
Behind the Smokescreen (on movie smoking and effect on kids).
Ghetto Science on smoking
Check this 3 minute YouTube
video shot in Sydney in which a young American conducts a
simple but powerful experiment. Good how it doesn't talk down to you -
though it's a bit thoughtless how he flicks the cigarette away.
OxyGen
A site created and funded by the South Australian Smoking and
Health Project, Smarter than Smoking Project (WA) and Quit Victoria to
promote and encourage healthy lifestyle choices and provide information
on the impact of tobacco.
Cancer Council NSW
The Cancer Council's resources for teachers include:
- Tobacco and the
environment (suitable for secondary school)
- Facts about passive
smoking
- Benefits of quitting
- Tobacco and the law
- Smoking statistics
- What's in cigarettes?
These materials are free of charge and
available on the Cancer Council website.
Other Cancer Council curriculum material includes:
- Reeling Them In. An
information sheet on the depiction of smoking in films.
- Smoking and Tobacco
Related Issues. Reference material for teachers - Assignment
material (senior high school students)
- "Hey Butthead You
Smoke You Lose" poster.
- International No
Smoking stickers (5, 10 and 20cm)
- "Please don't smoke"
sticker
- "Thank You for Not
Smoking" sticker
- "Smoke Free Zone"
sticker
- "We Run on Clean Air"
sticker
- 25 Ways to Quit
Smoking (5 min video)
- My Last (Last)
Cigarette (27 min video)
- Cross My Heart (24 min
video)
- Don't Get Sucked In -
Tobacco and the Media. A smoking awareness kit for teachers (19
minutes)
To order resources, obtain an order
form from the website.
Fill in the order form and return it via email to: schoolsprogram@nswcc.org.au
or by mail to:
The Schools Program
PO Box 572
KINGS CROSS NSW 1340 or
fax the form to 02 9326 9328
To borrow videos from the Cancer Council complete the video loan form
available from www.cancercouncil.com.au
and email it to:
library@nswcc.org.au or send
the form by mail to:
PO Box 572
KINGS CROSS NSW 1340
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
United States Centres for Disease Control site with general
information about tobacco, current news and events, research, data and
reports categorised by topic, new tobacco-related citations and
educational materials.
TOBACCOpedia
Online tobacco encyclopedia, developed by the International Union
Against Cancer and the University of Sydney.
Why
smokers are victims
Do some of your students think smoking is cool and nonconformist? This
might help them to think again. An edgy little niche campaign targeted
at street media and aiming to challenge youth. What's your reaction? Let
us know at staffords@ashaust.org.au
Satire: Licensed
to Kill
For a satirical approach, have a
look at this new "cigarette company", launched
online in the US, to draw attention to government collusion in the
formation and operation of tobacco companies, and to the nature of the
industry behind the global epidemic of tobacco-related death and
disease. The "brand" is the brainchild of Essential Action, a
corporate responsibility groups based in Washington DC.
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