HEALTH 8 FOURTH QUARTER

1. PREVENTION OF
SUBSTANCE USE AND
ABUSE
CIGARETTES

2. DISEASES CAUSED BY
CIGARETTE SMOKING

3. DISEASES CAUSED BY
SMOKING

5. GROUP ACTIVITY
GROUP 1. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST USING THE VENN
DIAGRAM. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE EFFECTS OF
SMOKING IN OUR HEALTH. COMPARE IT TO THE EFFECTS
OF WORLD WAR I IN THE BODY.
GROUP 2. WRITE A POEM REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF
SMOKING IN THE BODY USING VERBS. UNDERLINE THE
VERBS USED.
GROUP 3. MAKE A COLLAGE SHOWING THE NEGATIVE

6. ACROSTIC
•WRITE ACROSTIC ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF SMOKING

7. QUESTION: HOW CAN WE
SHOW LOVE TO OUR HEALTH?

8. TEXT TWISTER!
THE FOLLOWING ARE KNOWN DANGERS OF
CIGARETTE SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE.
ARRANGE THE LETTERS FOR EACH ITEM TO
DECIPHER THE WORD(S). A HINT IS PROVIDED
BELOW THE WORD(S).

9. 1. H H IG B O O L D E R U S E S R P
TOO MUCH EXERTION OF BLOOD AGAINST THE ARTERIES CAUSING DAMAGE.
2. E T A R H I D A S S E E S
INVOLVES THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.
3. O Y B D O O R D
EFFECT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING TO YOUR BODY SCENT.
4. D A B A T E B R H
FOUL SMELL EXHALED FROM THE MOUTH.
5. S I T R I C H B O N
INFLAMMATION OF THE AIRWAYS FROM THE TRACHEA INTO THE LUNGS.

10. 6. S E A Y H E M P M
DAMAGED AIR SACS IN THE LUNGS.
7. N E A O N I P M U
INFECTION OF THE LUNGS.
8. T A S H A M
A CHRONIC DISEASE WHICH AFFECTS THE AIRWAYS.
9. R E N C A C
A GROUP DISEASES WHICH MAKES BODY CELLS GROW UNCONTROLLABLY.

11. WHAT IS TOBACCO?
TOBACCO IS A TALL, LEAFY PLANT, ORIGINALLY GROWN IN
SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, BUT NOW CULTIVATED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE ARE MANY SPECIES OF
TOBACCO BUT NICOTIANA TABACUM OR SOMETIMES
CALLED COMMON TOBACCO IS PREFERRED FOR PRODUCING
PRESENT DAY CIGARETTES.

12. WHAT IS NICOTINE?
NICOTINE IS AN ALKALOID POISON FOUND IN
TOBACCO AND USED IN MEDICINE AND AS AN
INSECTICIDE; THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN
CIGARETTES.

13. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IS THE PART OF THE
NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT RECEIVES AND COORDINATES
ALL BODY ACTIVITIES; CONSISTS OF THE MAJOR
NERVES, BRAIN, AND SPINAL CORD.

14. WHAT ARE CARCINOGENS?
CARCINOGENS ARE
SUBSTANCES WHICH CAUSE
CANCER.

18. RISKS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING
• THE NEXT SLIDE ARE SAMPLE PICTURES THAT ARE BEING USED
IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS WARNING FOR CIGARETTE SMOKERS.
CAREFULLY LOOK AT EACH PICTURE FIRST, AND THEN ANSWER
THE GUIDE QUESTIONS ON YOUR NOTEBOOK.

21. REPUBLIC ACT 9211
THE TOBACCO REGULATION ACT OF 2003

22. HEALTHFUL ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 5. SMOKING BAN IN THE PUBLIC PLACES. SMOKING SHALL BE
ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC PLACES;
a. CENTERS OF YOUTH ACTIVITY SUCH AS PLAYSCHOOLS, PREPARATORY SCHOOLS,
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, YOUTH HOSTELS, AND
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OLD.
b. ELEVATORS AND STAIRWAYS.

24. C. LOCATIONS IN WHICH FIRE HAZARDS ARE PRESENT, INCLUDING GAS STATIONS AND STORAGE
AREAS FOR INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, GAS, EXPLOSIVES, OR COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS;
D. WITHIN THE BUILDINGS AND PREMISES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS, MEDICAL, DENTAL,
AND OPTICAL CLINICS, HEALTH CENTERS, NURSING HOMES, DISPENSARIES, AND LABORATORIES.
E. PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES INCLUDING AIRPORTS AND SHIP TERMINALS AND
TRAIN AND BUS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, AND CONFERENCE HALLS, EXCEPT FOR SEPARATE
SMOKING AREAS; AND
F. FOOD PREPARATION AREAS.

25. SECTION 9. MINIMUM AGE SALES.- UNDER THIS ACT, IT SHALL
BE UNLAWFUL
• FOR ANY RETAILER OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO SELL OR
DISTRIBUTE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO ANY MINOR (PERSONS
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.)
• FOR ANT PERSON TO PURCHASE CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO
PRODUCTS FROM A MINOR.
• FOR MINOR TO SELL OR BUY CIGARETTES OR ANY TOBACCO
PRODUCT; AND
• FOR A MINOR TO SMOKE CIGARETTES OR ANY OTHER
TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

26. SECTION 10. SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITHIN SCHOOL PERIMETERS.-
THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS PROHIBITED
WITHIN ONE HUNDRED (100) METERS FROM ANY POINT OF THE
PERIMETER OF A SCHOOL, PUBLIC PLAYGROUND, OR OTHER FACILITY
FREQUENTED PARTICULARLY BY MINORS.

27. CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 5, SECTION 24
• REPUBLIC ACT NO.8749, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR
ACT OF 1999 STATES THAT:
SMOKING INSIDE A PUBLIC BUILDING OR AN ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACE
INCLUDING PUBLIC VEHICLES AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT OR IN
ANY ENCLOSED AREA OUTSIDE OF ONE’S PRIVATE RESIDENCE, PRIVATE
PLACE OF WORK OR ANY DULY DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA IS HEREBY
PROHIBITED UNDER THIS ACT. THIS PROVISION SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED
BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS.

28. WHAT WILL I DO?
AFTER LEARNING ABOUT OUR LAWS AGAINST SMOKING,
THE CLASS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS. EACH
GROUP WILL CHOOSE A SITUATION BELOW TO ROLE PLAY.

29. SITUATION 1. SMOKING INSIDE THE SCHOOL
SITUATION 2. SMOKING IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES
SITUATION 3. SMOKING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS
SITUATION 4. SMOKING IN RESTAURANTS