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ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES

Based on your feelings, the next time you are in a situation similar to this one, you are likely to (choose one):

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES

Based on your feelings, the next time you are in a situation similar to this one, you are likely to (choose one):

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES

Based on your feelings, the next time you are in a situation similar to this one, you are likely to (choose one):

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES

You say "no" and ask the group if they want to come to your place after school for a snack.
You feel (choose one):

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

Choices and Consequences

THANKS FOR THINKING THIS THROUGH!

Now, move on to the next situation.

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

ACTIVITY 4: Peer Pressure and Influence—Do Your Friends Affect Your Decisions?

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES

What would you do?
Here are some possibilities. Choose one and see where it takes you.

Some people you want to be friends with tell you that you can become part of their group, but first you have to go down to the neighbourhood supermarket and steal one candy bar for each of them.

You (choose one)

ACTIVITY 3: Tobacco & Nicotine Use - The Health Consequences

ACTIVITY 3: Tobacco & Nicotine Use - The Health Consequences

WHAT ABOUT SMOKELESS TOBACCO?

Chew, dip, snuff, or spit tobacco—it's all smokeless tobacco. But, it's not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes.16 There are health risks with using smokeless tobacco.

  • It is a known cause of cancer—increasing a user's risk of oral cancer.16
  • It can cause gum disease, tooth decay, and tooth loss.
  • It can lead to nicotine addiction.16
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CDC. Smoking & Tobacco Use. Fact Sheet—Smokeless Tobacco Facts. Referenced 2012.

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/smokeless/health_effects/index.htm

ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences

ACTIVITY 2: Tobacco & Nicotine Use–The Health Consequences

WHAT ABOUT OTHER NICOTINE PRODUCTS?

Chew, dip, snuff, or spit tobacco—it's all smokeless tobacco. But, it's not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes.16 There are health risks with using smokeless tobacco.

  • It is a known cause of cancer—increasing a user's risk of oral cancer.
  • It can cause bleeding gums and mouth sores.
  • It can lead to nicotine addiction.
  • Youth and young adults are also uniquely at risk for long-term, long-lasting effects of exposing their developing brains to nicotine. These risks include nicotine addiction, mood disorders, and permanent lowering of impulse control. Nicotine also changes the way synapses are formed, which can harm the parts of the brain that control attention and learning.

Still not convinced it's harmful?

According to the CDC, a high school athlete who used spit tobacco died of oral cancer when he was 19! 17

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CDC. Smoking & Tobacco Use. Fact Sheet—Smokeless Tobacco Facts.
Referenced 2012.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/index.htm

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CDC. Smoking & Tobacco Use. Information Sheets. You(th) and Tobacco—What Youth Should Know About Tobacco. Referenced 2012.

www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/youth/information-sheet/