There are lots of good reasons not to smoke. Make sure your middle and high schoolers understand each and every one with a lesson that prompts them to read anti-smoking posters, note the main points, and write a short response on the most convincing arguments against smoking.

Concepts

smoke, cigarettes, tobacco, tobacco products, drugs, healthy habits

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• Extend the activity with a longer gallery walk and discussion period
• Have class members make multiple copies of their posters and display them around the school during a campus-wide focus on smoking

Classroom Considerations

• Provides examples of anti-smoking PSAs and advertisements, but feel free to augment with your own examples
• Designed for British classrooms but effective for students in any country

Pros

• Both discussion and writing assignment allow free responses and critical thinking
• A good interdisciplinary activity between language arts and health

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.8.7 RI.9-10.7 RI.11-12.7