The Smoking Gun: Dangers of Smoking
Assignments:
There are two (2) assignments. The first assignment is to answer the questions in the section below. You will
have to conduct some research on the web to find answers to the questions. The second assignment is to
create an anti-smoking campaign using PowerPoint. The answers to the questions in the first section may
help you with your presentation. The presentation you create should deliver a message about the dangers of
smoking, tobacco products and the short and long term effects of the use of tobacco products.
Assignment 1---Answer the following questions using the web to research
Instructions: Answer the following questions using websites listed in the “My Links” section of the menu in the
upper right hand corner of Mr. Felix’s website which can be launched from the Coronado H.S. home page.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences using 12 point, Times New Roman Font. Put your name
on the completed product and turn in as soon as it is complete. Make sure you are using numbering similar to
that shown below. Keep an electronic copy so that you may utilize the information in your PPT.
1. How Many Chemicals are found in cigarettes?
2. List 4 other harmful effects of cigarettes
3. List all the types of Cancer that Smoking can cause. (hint: there are 8)
4. How many fewer years are smokers expected to live?
5. How much less bad for you are low-tar brands like Carlton® and Quest®?
6. Do cigars have more or less cancer-causing chemicals than cigarettes?
7. Does Snuff or other types of chewing tobaccos have more or less cancer-causing chemicals than
cigarettes?
Assignment 2---Power Point Presentation
Instructions: Create an Anti-Smoking campaign using PowerPoint
 Maximum of 11 slides (1 slide must be a bibliography)
 Graphics and photographs should be appropriate and germane to presentation
 Student should avoid using terminology and verbiage they do not understand.
 Additionally student should be able to answer basic questions about conditions/diseases.
 Short term effects and long term effects
 Student is expected to make analytical links between the various forms of information
1. What impact does the media, entertainment and advertising have on a person to begin or cease smoking?
2. What influence does peer pressure or culture have on a person in regard to them trying tobacco or
smoking?
3. Find and list statistics about tobacco, smoking or smoker’s that are interesting or previously unknown to
you that will discourage a peer from smoking or encourage them to quit if they are currently a smoker.
4. List and briefly describe all the types of Cancer that Smoking or other tobacco products can cause.
5. List and describe other chronic conditions brought about by tobacco, smoking or second hand smoke
consumption.
6. What are the current treatments or cures for smoking addiction?
7. Produce a numbered bibliography identifying the source you used embedded in the text of the slide.
The Smoking Gun: Dangers of Smoking
The Smoking Gun PPT Presentation
You will be creating an anti-smoking campaign in PPT. You will be presenting your views on smoking to me.
Include factual information and new things you learned about the effects of smoking and some interesting
ways you have found for people to try to quit smoking. Your PowerPoint must be at least 11 slides in length
and include slide transitions and font effects on at least 5 slides.
Here is your Rubric for the PowerPoint Assignment The Smoking Gun
Teacher Name: Mrs. Curry
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY
Text - Font Choice &
Formatting
Originality
Content - Accuracy
Use of Graphics
Spelling and
Grammar
4
Font formats (e.g.,
color, bold, italic)
have been carefully
planned to enhance
readability and
content.
Presentation shows
considerable
originality and
inventiveness. The
content and ideas are
presented in a unique
and interesting way.
All content
throughout the
presentation is
accurate. There are
no factual errors.
All graphics are
attractive (size and
colors) and support
the theme/content of
the presentation.
3
Font formats have
been carefully
planned to enhance
readability.
Most of the content
is accurate but there
is one piece of
information that
might be inaccurate.
A few graphics are
not attractive but all
support the
theme/content of the
presentation.
Presentation has no
misspellings or
grammatical errors.
Presentation has 1-2
misspellings, but no
grammatical errors.
Presentation shows
some originality and
inventiveness. The
content and ideas
are presented in an
interesting way.
2
Font formating has
been carefully
planned to
complement the
content. It may be a
little hard to read.
Presentation shows
an attempt at
originality and
inventiveness on 1-2
slides.
The content is
generally accurate,
but one piece of
information is clearly
flawed or inaccurate.
All graphics are
attractive but a few
do not seem to
support the
theme/content of the
presentation.
Presentation has 1-2
grammatical errors
but no misspellings.
1
Font formatting
makes it very
difficult to read the
material.
Presentation is a
rehash of other
people's ideas
and/or graphics and
shows very little
attempt at original
thought.
Content is typically
confusing or
contains more than
one factual error.
Several graphics are
unattractive AND
detract from the
content of the
presentation.
Presentation has
more than 2
grammatical and/or
spelling errors.