While you may not think about it, your mind goes through a series of six steps, or questions, when you make a decision. These steps are listed below.
On the next page, you'll see a list of sources of stress and categories the might fit into:
This is designed to give you a sense of where stress comes from in your life and how you deal with it.
These are examples—some may bother you and some may not.
Answer the question in the health test on the next several screens. Talk with your teacher about your responses. Then, read the follow-up information to learn more about the consequences of using tobacco and nicotine products.
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.
Nicotine is the drug in tobacco leaves. Whether someone smokes, vapes, chews, or sniffs tobacco, he or she is delivering nicotine to the brain.26
Review the decision-making steps below. Then, check out the situations on the new few pages. For each situation, think about the choices and consequences and then decide what you would do.
Decision-Making Steps
1) Situation: Why do you need to make a decision?
2) Goals: What do you want to happen?
3) Choices: What are your options or alternatives?
4) Consequences: What could happen?
5) Decision: What will you do?
6) Think about it: Did you make the right decision?
