Grades: grade-7
Situation 2
You and some friends are walking to a friend's home after school. You are in a hurry because you want to get to the house to play your favorite video game. You come upon a wallet with $100 inside. There's also a driver's license. None of you recognize the person the license belongs to. What do you do? Make a choice and see where it takes you.
TRUE/FALSE
CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Take another look at the "Look what tobacco will do" poster. Then, refer back to the two lists of words you created on the previous pages. Finally, answer this: Which list paints a better picture?
If you want others to use positive words to describe you, then keep this simple message in mind: Be tobacco and nicotine free!
Now, take a look at this picture. Click to enlarge it. Select adjectives to describe the characters in the picture. Drag the adjectives into “The Characters” category. If you can’t find the right words, type your own in the box below the category.
THE CHARACTER
- faithful
- lonely
- lonely
- outgoing
- sneaky
- well-liked
- courteous
- healthy
- happy
- athletic
- foolish
- responsible
- independent
- unpopular
- tobacco user
- loner
- tobacco and nicotine free
- responsible
- smelly
- neat
- respectful
- unhealthy
- funy
- attractive
- talkative
- outgoing
- kind
- dependable
- smart
- addicted
- friendly
Select ten positive adjectives below that describe you. Drag them into the "You" category. Can’t find the right words? Type your own in the box below the category.
You
- faithful
- lonely
- lonely
- outgoing
- sneaky
- well-liked
- courteous
- healthy
- happy
- athletic
- foolish
- responsible
- independent
- unpopular
- tobacco user
- loner
- tobacco and nicotine free
- responsible
- smelly
- neat
- respectful
- unhealthy
- funy
- attractive
- talkative
- outgoing
- kind
- dependable
- smart
- addicted
- friendly
When you are feeling pressure to use tobacco and nicotine products because they are being offered to you, you can refuse in any number of ways. Check out the techniques and examples on the next pages and on the poster on this page.
Click to open the poster in a separate window so you can refer back to it.
You’re walking home from the movies with four friends, and one friend pulls out moist snuff, a type of smokeless tobacco. Your friend says, "I’m feeling pretty generous today, so your first taste is on me." The tin is passed around and everyone takes a dip. Then the tin is offered to you.
Now, jot down some notes about how to role-play this situation with your group to show how you’d say "no."
Role play this situation. Then, congratulate yourself—you’ve completed this activity and learned some new ways to say "no"!