PSHE – Tobacco Education
Smoking – Who Smokes?
Yr 8 Lesson 1
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Lesson Objectives:
• To examine ideas and pre-conceptions
surrounding people that smoke.
• To consider why some people smoke.
• To know of some of the ways available to
assist people with stopping smoking.
• To be aware of some of the local and
national statistics around smoking.
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Intended Learning Outcomes:
Pupils will have:
• Taken part in a quiz relating to national
and local smoking statistics.
• Reflected upon why people smoke.
• Shared ideas on issues such as: Why
people smoke, Why people stop smoking,
How people stop smoking, and Why
people continue to smoke.
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Success Criteria:
• Be able to share some of the reasons
people start smoking.
• Be able to name some of the stopping
smoking services along with how to
contact, find and use them.
• Remember some of the smoking statistics.
• Be able to empathise with others around
smoking related issues.
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Activity
• Draw a smoker – do not draw them
smoking, just draw the person. You may
want to add a few words around the
picture to help explain what you have
drawn.
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Quiz – Who Smokes?
1. In 2007, what % of adults reported
smoking?
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In 2007 21% of adults reported smoking,
compared with 22% in 2006 and 39% in
1980.
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2. What percentage of adults that are or
were regular smokers began smoking in
adulthood?
•
Approximately 30% of people who are or
have been regular smokers began
smoking during adulthood (18 and over).
Around 70% began smoking before they
were 18.
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3. Of young people aged 11 – 15 what
percentage have not tried smoking?
•
Approximately 70% of young people
have not tried smoking.
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4. What percentage of young people
aged between 11 and 15 are NOT
regular smokers?
Note: Regular smokers are classed as smoking at
least 1 cigarette per week.
•
94% of young people are NOT regular
smokers. 6% of 11 – 15 year olds admit to
being regular smokers (that is at least 1
cigarette per week).
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5. Of current smokers aged 16 and over
what percentage want to give up?
•
67% (over 2/3) of smokers want to give
up and 75% have tried to give up in the
past.
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6. What is the estimated cost of smoking to
the NHS?
•
NHS costs of treating illness and disease
associated with smoking were estimated
at £5.2 billion a year in 2005/06,
approximately 5.5% of total healthcare
costs.
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7. What percentage of adults aged 16 and
over agree with the smoking ban in
public places?
•
Four in five people (81%) agree with the
smoking ban in public places.
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8. Is the percentage of adults who smoke
in the South East of England higher or
lower than the national average?
•
Between the period of 2003 – 2005 the
percentage of adults in the South East of
England that smoked was 21.8%
compared to a national average of
approximately 24%.
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Individual Reflection
• Think of someone you know that smokes.
• Consider the drawings of smokers from the
initial activity. Does the person you know
look like any of the pictures?
• Do the pictures stereotype smokers?
• Why do you think this may be?
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Activity
Why people start smoking
Why people continue
smoking
Reasons people stop
smoking
How people may stop
smoking
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What would you say to
someone who was thinking
about smoking a cigarette for
the first time?
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By the end of this lesson, I will:-
Be able to share some of the reasons
people start smoking.
Lesson
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Be able to name some of the stopping
smoking services along with how to
contact, find and use them.
Remember some of the smoking
statistics.
Be able to empathise with others
around smoking related issues.
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