Read Works
Read Works: Is Big Tobacco Out to Hook Kids?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the addictive nature of tobacco and the dangers teens face due to tobacco marketing strategies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
WebMD
Web Md: Health News
WebMD is a very helpful online health resource. Coverage includes the latest health & medical news, with in-depth medical references at your fingertips. Topics that range from diabetes to second hand smoking are discussed by medical...
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: Mama Didn't Know
Online children's story that teaches about the health effects of breathing secondhand smoke. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see why it's so important not to smoke when children are present; it can affect your health but...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Operation: Flame Out!
Tells the story of how, as tobacco became more popular, it changed human health, and what the CDC did to fight the epidemic.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Teacher's Corner: Effects of Smoking on the Body [Pdf]
Students study the effects smoking tobacco has on the major organs of the human body. They also develop a presentation to persuade others to not start the smoking habit.
Other
Cancer Information Network: Follow Up and Emotional Support
The article stresses the importance of follow-up treatment for lung cancer and the significance of family and group support.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Smoking Stinks
Find out the reasons kids start smoking, why it is bad for you, and how you can encourage your friends to quit in this article for kids. Includes a brief video. [1:39]
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Tobacco Facts
Statement from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy about the risks of smoking tobacco.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn. Genetics: Lifestyle Choices and Risk
Overview of how to make the right lifestyle choices by maintaining a healthy weight through good nutrition and exercise.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Label the Lungs
Do you know the parts of the lung? Check out this lung diagram that can be printed out for students to label the various parts.
Other
American Lung Association: General Smoking Facts
This page discusses facts and statistics on smoking, both in the United States and world-wide. Areas addressed include the thousands of chemicals in cigarettes, rates of lung disease in smokers, smoking-related health conditions, smoking...
Curated OER
Cbc News: A Legal History of Smoking in Canada
Follow this almost 20 year timeline of Tobacco Laws introduced and enforced in Canada.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Drug and Alcohol Baseball
Make it around the bases to review the concepts of drugs related to substance abuse.
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
National Museum of Science and Industry: Ingenious: Tobacco
Presents a short history of tobacco use and discusses how societal mores and public policy have changed over time based on how people have used tobacco. Includes a collection of images depicting the culture of smoking in different...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Cigarettes Affect the Body?
Krishna Sudhir details what happens when we smoke and when we quit.
Read Works
Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage includes six reasons why people should not smoke. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Questions are provided as supplements to the passage.
Read Works
Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the damage smoking does to the body. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
Other
Lung Cancer and Lung Health
Describes lung cancer risk factors and diagnosis, plus possible procedures for care and cures.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Kids Learn: Respiratory System Internet Workshop
Come and explore this internet workshop that was designed to introduce you to a study on the respiratory system. Students and teachers will benefit from this resource.
Other
Children, Youth and Women's Health Service: Kids' Health: Smoking
Learn why people smoke and about the effects of smoking.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:soccer: Kickin' Butts!
Learn the health benefits of soccer as well as the effects of tobacco smoking on athletic performance. Consider and discuss statistics about health, sports and making a difference for inner-city youth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Smoking Cessation and Behavioral Change
Read this passage and study the chart to complete the five-question quiz concerning smoking cessation and behavioral change.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cigarette Use in Teen Populations
Practice questions over cigarette use in teen populations.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.34 Respiratory System Health
Learn how we can keep our respiratory system healthy.