HEALTH Unit 4: Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse Lesson 1: The Dangers of Cigarette Smoking This material is designed to inform your students about the dangers of cigarette smoking and teach them the various strategies to prevent substance use and abuse.

1. THE DANGERS OF
CIGARETTE SMOKING
MR. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA
Malabanias Integrated School
Angeles City
HEALTH
Unit 4 – Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse

2. Why do cigarettes and
alcohol considered
gateway drugs?

3. GATEWAY
DRUGS
CIGARETTES
ALCOHOL

4. GATEWAY DRUGS
Gateway drugs such as cigarettes and alcohol
are legal drugs that a non-drug user might
try, which can lead him/her to more
dangerous drugs such as marijuana and
shabu.

5. Activity 1: Key to Knowing
Copy and complete the key diagram below. List the two
gateway drugs in the two smaller boxes and the examples of
dangerous and illegal drugs in the bigger box.
GATEWAY
DRUGS
Dangerous and
Illegal Drugs

6. Activity 2: Why Do Teenagers Smoke
Answer the questions in your activity notebook.
1. Why do teenagers smoke?
2. Why do teenagers explore on using dangerous drugs?
3. Do you think their reasons put their health at risk? Why
or why not?
4. What can teenagers do to avoid smoking and using
dangerous drugs?

7. Activity 3: Acrostic Poems
Write acrostic poems about
smoking and alcohol. You
may use words or phrases
that describe or remind you
of the topic word. The first
word in each line of your
poem should start with the
letters of the topic words.
S
M
O
K
I
N
G
A
L
C
O
H
O
L

8. smoking

10. SMOKING
 is a practice in which a substance is burned and the
resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and
absorbed into the bloodstream
 Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of
the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a
small square of rice paper to create a small, round
cylinder called a "cigarette".

11. TOBACCO
 is a tall, leafy plant, originally
grown in south and central
America, but now cultivated
throughout the world

12. CIGARETTE
 a thin cylinder of finely-cut
tobacco rolled in paper for
smoking

13. dangers of
cigarette smoking

14. HIGHBLOOD PRESSURE
 too much
exertion of blood
against the
arteries causing
damage

15. HEART DISEASE
 involves the
cardiovascular
system

16. BODY ODOR
 effect of
cigarette smoke
to your body
scent

17. BAD BREATH
 foul smell
exhaled from the
mouth

18. BRONCHITIS
 inflammation of
the airways from
the trachea into
the lungs

19. EMPHYSEMA
 damaged air sacs
in the lungs

20. PNEUMONIA
 infection of the
lungs

21. ASTHMA
 a chronic disease
which affects the
airways

22. CANCER
 a group of
diseases which
makes body cells
grow
uncontrollably

24. three smokes produced
by cigarette smoking

25. MAINSTREAM SMOKE
 refers specially to the
smoke that a smoker
directly inhales

26. SIDESTREAM SMOKE
 the smoke that comes out of
the lighted end of a cigarette
or pipe
 is also called second-hand
smoke (SHS) or environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS)
 is more dangerous than
mainstream smoke

27. THIRD-HAND SMOKE
 smoke left for a long time on sofa,
beddings, pillow and other objects
 is also called residual tobacco
smoke (RTS)
 settles along with dust and can last
for months
 still contains harmful chemicals and
carcinogens

28. Why do young people
start smoking?
Think of some reasons.

29. SOME REASONS:
 Young people are attracted to
the image
 Because their friends and family
are smokers
 Cultural influences

30. What are in cigarettes?
Do you know?

31. Over 4000 Chemicals!!!!
(60 of which are carcinogenic)

34. Let’s have a look at some.
ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGNS

41. • How are each of these ads
different?
• Who is the primary target
audience?
• How do the ads make you feel?
• Which ad do you think is most
effective?
• What would your anti-smoking
campaign look like?
QUESTIONS:

43. THE DANGERS OF
CIGARETTE SMOKING
MR. CARLO JUSTINO J. LUNA
Malabanias Integrated School
Angeles City
HEALTH
Unit 4 – Prevention of Substance Use and Abuse