theatres before any film, who dies at a very young age due to eating Gutkha. Discuss the case of Mukesh in the class and the effects of smoking. marketing campaigns targetting young children through advertisements highlighting and falsely linking the tobacco use with behaviour aspects such as freedom and liberty, or beauty, slim figure and prestige. Marketing strategies lure consumers especially the youth, with misleading categories, such as ‘light’ or ‘low tar’.
More young children smoke ‘light’ cigarettes, often in the mistaken belief that ‘light’ means ‘safer’. In fact, ‘light’ smokers often engage in inhaling more deeply and more frequently to absorb the desired amount of nicotine. Women who smoke are more likely to experience infertility and delays in conceiving than those who do not. Smoking during pregnancy increases the risks of premature delivery, still birth and death.
Smoking increases women’s risk for cancer of the cervix as well. Activity . Look at the pictures given below. They look scary.
You may have seen such pictures on cigarette packets. It is mandatory to display pictorial warnings on tobacco products in India and many other countries. • • Find out which countries have very gory and scary pictures on the cigarette packets. Make a collage and display with a message.
• • Form a chain of five students and share the benefits of not smoking with them • • Plan and stage a role play on “Say No to Tobacco”. How can we identify the symptoms of alcohol or substance abuse among children during adolescence? Symptoms to observe for alcohol/tobacco abuse •• Feeling depressed, hopeless, rundown or even suicidal •• Being selfish and not caring for others •• Frequent absent-mindedness •• Money or valuables disappear from home •• Irritability and aggressiveness, violent behaviour •• Declining grades •• Important routine activities such as homework, and sports getting affected •• Having a new friend circle, often not disclosing to family •• An urge to drink on a daily basis •• Avoiding family and friends, spending more time alone in order to consume drugs or alcohol •• Taking risks, including driving rashly