Lesson 12.3: Avoiding and Quitting Tobacco Product Use

Overview

This lesson focuses on the benefits of being tobacco free with different ways to stay tobacco free and to quit using if needed. It also discusses treatment options.

Learning Targets

• LO10: Express three ways to stay tobacco-free.
• LO11: Recognize four signs of nicotine addiction.
• LO12: Analyze three benefits to being tobacco-free and quitting tobacco products.
• LO13: Assess different methods for quitting tobacco products and their effectiveness.

Preparation

For the Warm-Up Activity: Write the Journal Question on the board or identify (and copy as needed) the worksheets you plan to use:

• Lesson 12.3 Quiz
• Lesson 12.3 Vocabulary Review Worksheet
• Lesson 12.3 ELL Vocabulary Review Worksheet

For the Content Focus: Open the Lesson 12.3 PowerPoint slides or make copies of the Lesson 12.3 Note-Taking Guide.

For the Lesson Focus: Copy the Lesson 12.3 Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet: Demonstrating Interpersonal Refusal Skills.

Warm-Up Activity

Select a warm-up activity to help get your class focused and on task.

• Journal Question: Why do you think it is so hard for teens to quit using tobacco products once they start?
  • Option: Write or project the question and have students respond in their journal or on their “bell ringer” sheet as they enter class.
  • Option: Have students discuss the question with a partner or in a small group.
• Vocabulary Review: Have students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to complete the Lesson 12.3 Vocabulary Review Worksheet.
• Quiz: Have students complete the Lesson 12.3 Quiz to assess their prior knowledge.
  • Option: Collect the quiz and use it alongside a posttest to demonstrate student learning.
  • Option: Have students share their answers with a partner and then go over the answers together as a class.

Lesson Content

Review the content from the textbook lesson.

• Option: Use the Lesson 12.3 PowerPoint slides to review the chapter content.
• Option: Have students use the Lesson 12.3 Note-Taking Guide to review chapter content. Ask students to work individually, in pairs, or in small groups. Review the questions as a class if time permits.

Lesson Focus: Demonstrating Interpersonal Refusal Skills

1. Provide each student with a copy of the Lesson 12.3 Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet: Demonstrating Interpersonal Refusal Skills.
2. Students read the scenario and write a script that includes health reasons as to why they would not want to vape. The script should use the five steps of refusal skills.
3. Have students find a partner to practice each other’s script.

Challenge Activity

Have students needing an additional challenge work on the following Thinking Critically task.

Quitting tobacco products, particularly smoking, improves your mental health, not just your physical health. Research the mental health benefits of quitting smoking. Write a paragraph explaining why these benefits are just as important as the physical benefits.

Reflection and Summary

Review the critical content from today’s lesson. Review the learning targets and ask students to answer each question posed.

Can you...

• Express three ways to stay tobacco-free?

  Staying tobacco-free includes avoiding situations where tobacco products may be used, having a well-practiced reason for saying no when someone pressures you, and hanging out with friends who don’t use tobacco products.

• Recognize four signs of nicotine addiction?

  Signs of nicotine addiction may include being irritable or anxious, having trouble sleeping or concentrating, and requiring more tobacco to get the same feeling a person did when they began using.

• Analyze three benefits to being tobacco-free and quitting tobacco products?

  Benefits of being tobacco-free are having more money, healthier-looking skin and nails, cleaner teeth and fresher breath, and more energy.

• Assess different methods for quitting tobacco products and their effectiveness.

  Methods for quitting tobacco products include starting with a plan to quit, using specifically designed phone apps for motivational reminders, seeking nicotine replacement therapy, and getting counseling. Having different options helps teens find the method that will be best for them.

Assessment

Complete one or more of the following assessment tasks for this lesson.

• Quiz: Have students take the Lesson 12.3 quiz.
• Reviewing Vocabulary: Collect the Lesson 12.3 Vocabulary Review Worksheet and evaluate it for accuracy.
• Note-Taking Guide: Collect the completed Lesson 12.3 Note-Taking Guide and spot-check one or more items for completion and accuracy.
• Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet: Have students submit the Lesson 12.3 Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet: Demonstrating Interpersonal Refusal Skills and use the Holistic Rubric: Healthy Communication to evaluate their skill development.
• Journal Question: Ask students to respond to the Journal Question again, adding information they learned from today’s class. Require a one-paragraph response that uses proper grammar.
• Test: Have students take the Chapter Test, which covers material from all three lessons, or create a test using the online test bank.

Take It Home

If you have a friend or family member who smokes or chews or vapes, suggest to them one of the quitting apps or text messaging programs from this lesson. Have them use it for a few days or hopefully longer and have them review it for you. What were the pros and cons of the app or text messaging service? Write that information down and share it with the class.