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Do You Wish You Never Started Smoking? Lesson PlanDo You Wish You Never Started Smoking? Lesson Plan
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Do You Wish You Never Started Smoking?

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Students are exposed to an experience with a lifelong smoker in attempts that they realize that most smokers wish they had never started smoking. If this is the case, we can presume that starting to smoke is a bad decision.

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cigarettes, tobacco products, tobacco

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smoking, tobacco, health
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Year
2000
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