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Teacher: Ingrid Marie C. Barce
MAPEH 8 Activity
What is a Gateway Drugs?
Are legal drugs that a non-drug user might try, which can lead him/her to more dangerous drugs such as
marijuanas and shabu.
Example of Gateway drugs:
Cigarettes and Alcohol (Liquor)
Teenagers who engage in early smoking and drinking have higher chance and using and experimenting with
dangerous drug of abuse.
Activity 1
1. Do you know anyone who is/are dependent on Gateway drugs?
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2. What will happen to their health if they continue using it?
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3. What will you do in order to stop them?
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Activity 2: Picture Analysis
Direction: Explain further what the pictures depicts.
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What is smoking?
It is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoked breathed in to be tasted and absorbed
into the bloodstream. Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant which have been
rolled into a small square of rice paper to create a small, round cyclinder called cigarette.
Tobacco Plant is a tall, leafy plant originally grown in south and central America, but now cultivated throughout
the world.
The Dangers of Cigarette Smoking
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Higblood Pressure - Too much exertion of blood against the arteries causing damage .
Heart Disease - Involves the cardiovascular system
Body Odor - Effect of cigarette smoke to your body scent
Bad Breath - Foul smell exhaled from the mouth
Bronchitis - Inflammation of the airways from the trachea into the lungs
Emphysema - Damage air sacs in the lungs
Pneumonia - Infection of the lungs
Asthma - A chronic disease which affects the airways
Cancer - A group of diseases which makes the body cells grow uncontrollably.
Three Smokes produced by cigarette smoking
Mainstream Smoke
Refers to the smoke that a smoker directly inhales.
Sidestream Smoke
The smoke that comes out of the lighted end of a cigarette or pipe.
Is also called as second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke and is more dangerous than mainstream
smoke
Third-hand smoke
These are smoke left for a long time on sofa, beddings, pillows, and other objects. It is also called as residual
tobacco smoke. It settles along with dust and can last for months. It contains harmful chemicals and
carcinogenic
What are in cigarettes?
There are over 4,000 chemicals and 60 of which are carcinogenic or cancer causing substance.
Activity 3: Write an acrostic poem about smoking and alcohol. You may use words or phrases that describe or
remind you of the topic word. The first word in each line of your poem should start with the letters of the topic
words.
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