Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Bella Paul Bella used to smoke only at parties, but more recently she has started smoking almost every weekend. Her habit has started to cost her more which means she isn’t able to save as much money towards getting an iPhone. She also has to be secretive with her parents, hiding her bag containing her cigarettes, and covering up any smell with perfume before she comes home. She knows they would be furious if they found out she smoked. Bella is also hanging out with some new friends who smoke, and her old friends are worried about her and not sure what to do. Paul, Brett, Hannah and Sally have gone over to John’s house and are in the back room playing computer games. There are drinks left over from John’s sister’s 18th party the night before and John suggests they mix some to make cocktails and try them out. He tells them it is the perfect opportunity as everyone else is still asleep. John has a habit of consuming the left over alcohol after his family members have people over.

Scenario 5 Jake Scenario 6 Chloe Jake is at his auntie’s 50th birthday party. All the adults are inside and he is hanging out with some older cousins. One of them has brought a bottle of champagne out the back and is sharing it around. Jake has had a taste but now his cousins are encouraging him to have more, saying he is completely safe and that this is the perfect situation in which to get drunk for the first time. But Jake doesn’t like the idea of being out of control. His cousins say that they do it all the time and that he will be fine. It is the school holidays and Chloe and Petra are going to the movies with Petra’s older sister and some of her older friends. When they meet outside the cinema, one of the older girls pulls out a packet of cigarettes and begins offering them around the group. Chloe has never smoked a cigarette and has no desire to try it. Petra’s sister takes a cigarette and invites Petra and Chloe to try one. They say that they smoke all the time and they promise that the younger girls will not get sick.

Scenario 4 Hannah Scenario 3 Ran Hannah, Mary and Genny are sleeping over at Lara’s house to celebrate her 13th birthday. They have just finished watching their second movie and Lara’s parents have gone off to bed. Lara says that her parents sometimes buy her older sister a few alcoholic drinks for when she attends parties. She suggests that they take one of the drinks and share it, just to see what it is like – there are six drinks in the cupboard and no one will notice just one missing. Hannah is unsure. She knows her parents would not approve and it doesn’t seem right. She also doesn’t know much about the effects of alcohol because her parents don’t drink. Ran and his friends are getting ready to go to a big outdoor concert that goes from 12am till 12pm. The boys have packed some energy drinks to keep them going. One of the boys suggests adding some alcohol in with the energy drink. Ran has heard some bad stories about people who have mixed alcohol with energy drinks and doesn’t want to try it. He also knows there is going to be heavy security at the concert with a ban on taking alcohol in as it is an underage event. Ran remember that he learnt some information at school about what to do in a situation like this.

Scenario 8 Fred Scenario 7 Paul A group of five friends are camping with their families at a beach campground. Fred asks them if they all want to try smoking cigarettes. He has a packet of cigarettes that he has taken from his uncle’s car which he suggests they can share. None of them have smoked before. He says his uncle won’t notice it has gone. Juan, one of Fred’s friends are not too sure what the right thing is to do in this situation. Derik, Paul, Lisa and Amy are part of a group of 4 friends who have been close friends since Grade 2. Now Paul has started hanging out with some older students at lunchtime. Now he is starting to use cigarettes when offered. The others think the idea of him taking up smoking is crazy and that they are the wrong people to be hanging out with in high school.