Public Campaign Against Smoking

By Gregory

Introduction: The Surgeon General is tired of boring written warnings! We need your help to call attention to the dangers of smoking. Do your best to present a visual display, using both photos and text, to persuade people not to begin or continue smoking.

Task: Students will research the sources listed and create a poster, in an advertisement format, that presents a persuasive argument against smoking.

Process: Students will research available resources and cite the dangers, financial expense and the numerous negative affects smoking has on society. Students will then use Microsoft Publisher to create a poster that reflects the negative side affects of smoking. Poster will be handed-in in hard copy form.

Resources:

http://www.oncolink.com/ --The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publications/iprc/factline/tobac.html --Indiana Prevention Resource Center

http://webmd.lycos.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_2460957 --“a comprehensive fact sheet that describes the many health hazards that can be caused by smoking - from conditions like lung cancer and heart disease to accidents like fires.”

http://pregnancytoday.com/reference/articles/smokingdangers.htm --discusses the danger that smoking present to unborn babies.

http://www.thebetterhealthstore.com/News/Smoking0928.html --explores the dangers that smoking presents to the children of smoking parents.

http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/glantz297.html --“Unmasks the Tobacco Industry Cover-up of the Dangers of Smoking”

http://ash.org/ --Action on Smoking Hazards: a site funded by tax deductible contributions that offers numerous links to other sites as well as the latest news on the tobacco industry, its legal liabilities, smokers rights and health issues.

http://quitsmoking.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa090400a.htm connects to various links against classes.

Evaluation: Use the grading rubric found at…http://rubistar.4teachers.org/save_confirm.php3?id=286426

Conclusion: Students should understand the various detriments involved with smoking. Students should have a grasp of the various types of information available to support the anti-smoking debate and understand how the Internet can be used to research information for/promote other causes that they are interested in.

Credits: http://quitsmoking.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa090400a.htm Photograph of man smoking and Photograph of cancerous lung tissue.