1. Choosing to Be Tobacco Free In this lesson, you will Learn About… Reasons some teens start using tobacco. Strategies for avoiding tobacco use. Ways to quit using tobacco.

2. Choosing to Be Tobacco Free The Vocabulary terms in this lesson are: Cold turkey. Cold turkey Nicotine patch. Nicotine patch

3. Some of the internal factors that influence teens to start using tobacco include: Stress. Weight. Image. Independence. Peer acceptance. Why Some Teens Start to Use Tobacco - Internal Influences

4. Why Some Teens Start to Use Tobacco - External Influences Some of the external factors that influence teens to start smoking include: Role models. Peers. Media. Advertising. Family members and other adults.

5. How Not to Start The best way to lead a tobacco-free life is never to start using tobacco products. Resisting peer pressure to use tobacco can be difficult. These strategies can help: Choose friends who don’t use tobacco. Avoid situations where tobacco may be used. Use refusal skills.

6. Ways to Refuse Tobacco “I don’t like the taste of cigarettes.” “No, I need to stay fit.” “I’ll get into trouble with my parents.” “I just washed my hair, and I don’t want to smell it up.” “How about chewing a stick of gum instead?” “That big tobacco wad in my mouth would look gross!”

7. Strategies for Quitting A variety of strategies are available to help someone break the tobacco habit. One way is to quit gradually by reducing the number of cigarettes smoked or the frequency of using chew over a period of time. Another way to quit is cold turkey, or stopping all at once. Cold turkey is thought to be more effective than trying to quit gradually.cold turkey Products such as a nicotine patch can help tobacco users through withdrawal.nicotine patch

8. 1._________ is stopping smoking all at once. Cold turkey Reviewing Terms and Facts

9. 2.List internal and external influences that affect tobacco use. Internal influences include: Stress. Weight. Image. Independence. Peer acceptance. External influences include: Role models. Peers. Media. Advertising. Family members and other adults. Reviewing Terms and Facts

10. Thinking Critically 3.What advice would you give someone who wants to quit smoking?

11. Chapter Review

12. Reviewing Terms and Facts 1.________ is a powerful, addictive drug found in tobacco leaves and all tobacco products. Nicotine

13. Reviewing Terms and Facts 2.A physical or psychological need for a drug or other substance is called withdrawal. A.True B.False

14. Reviewing Terms and Facts 2.A physical or psychological need for a drug or other substance is called withdrawal. A.True B.False

15. Reviewing Terms and Facts 3.Cold turkey is a: withdrawal symptom. way of quitting tobacco use. chemical in tobacco. type of drug.

16. Reviewing Terms and Facts 3.Cold turkey is a: withdrawal symptom. way of quitting tobacco use. chemical in tobacco. type of drug.

17. Thinking Critically 4.Smoking filtered or low-nicotine cigarettes is as dangerous as smoking regular cigarettes. Explain why.

18. Thinking Critically 5.Many experts believe that teens who use tobacco are more likely to use alcohol and other drugs. Why do you think this might be so?

19. Thinking Critically 6.How can using positive peer pressure help counteract the negative effects of living in an environment where tobacco dependency exists?

20. Vocabulary Review Cold turkey is stopping smoking all at once.

21. Vocabulary Review The nicotine patch is a medication that allows tobacco users to give up tobacco right away while gradually cutting down on nicotine.