PSHE – Tobacco Education
Smoking – Long and Short
Term Effects on Individuals and
Others
Yr 9 Lesson 1
PSHE – Tobacco Education
Lesson Objectives:
• To know of some of the long and short
term effects of smoking on the individual
and others.
• To be aware of the dangers of passive
smoking (second hand smoke).
• To understand some of the environmental
effects of smoking.
• To develop confidence and the skills of
negotiation and assertion.
PSHE – Tobacco Education
Intended Learning Outcomes:
Pupils will have:
• Written and answered questions about
the health effects of smoking.
• Define the term ‘passive smoking’.
• Used basic strategies of assertion to
negotiate situations.
• Categorised the health effects of smoking.
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Success Criteria:
• Know at least 3 long term effects of
smoking.
• Know at least 3 short term effects of
smoking.
• Realise some of the implications that
smoking has upon the environment.
• Be able to use strategies to negotiate
situations with confidence.
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Long and Short term Health Effects of
Smoking
Can you come up with
one or two questions
about the health effects of
smoking? Are you sure of
the answers?
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Also …
Finance
Relationships
Fire Hazards
Litter
Community
Issues
Any
others?
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Passive Smoking also known as
Second Hand Smoke (SHS)
“Breathing other people's smoke is known
as passive, involuntary or secondhand
smoking. It can also be called
‘environmental tobacco smoke’.”
http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_597.pdf
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SHS is a mixture of air-diluted ‘sidestream’
smoke from the burning tip of a cigarette,
and the exhaled ‘mainstream’ smoke
exhaled by the smoker.
SHS has immediate health effects. It can
reduce lung function; exacerbate respiratory
problems; trigger asthma attacks; reduce
coronary blood flow; irritate eyes; and cause
headaches, coughs, sort throats, dizziness
and nausea. It also has long term health
effects …
http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_597.pdf
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Have you been affected by passive
smoking?
Dealing with situations assertively.
If possible;
• Try not to be angry – take a calming breath.
• Use an ‘I’ statement.
“I’d like it if …”
• Use a ‘you’ and an ‘I’ statement.
“When you… I feel …”
• Try to be factual not judgemental.
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Health Effects
Environmental
Effects
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By the end of this lesson, I will:-
Know at least 3 long term effects of
smoking.
Know at least 3 short term effects of
smoking.
Lesson
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Realise some of the implications that
smoking has upon the environment.
Be able to use strategies to
negotiate situations with
confidence.
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