Project TNT[1]Toward No Tobacco Uses

Project TNT : 

Project TNT Towards No Tobacco Use High School Victoria Bella

Standards : 

Standards 2.1.S Analyze internal and external influences on personal, family, and community safety. 2.2.S Analyze the influence of alcohol and other drug use on personal, family, and community safety. 2.3.S Explain how one’s behavior when traveling as a passenger in a vehicle influences the behavior of others. 1.1.A Describe the health benefits of abstaining from or discontinuing use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. 1.2.A Explain the impact of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use on brain chemistry, brain function, and behavior. 1.3.A Explain the connection between alcohol and tobacco use and the risk of oral cancer. 1.4.A Identify the social and legal implications of using and abusing alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. 1.5.A Describe the use and abuse of prescription and nonprescription medicines and illegal substances. 1.6.A Analyze the consequences for the mother and child of using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs during pregnancy—including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and other birth defects.

Tobacco Products Information : 

Tobacco Products Information Cigarettes Clove cigarettes Bidis Cigars Pipe Tobacco Smokeless tobacco The dangerous components

TNT Word List : 

TNT Word List During Project TNT, write the definition for each word when it is discussed in class: Consequence, self-esteem, peer pressure, direct pressure, indirect pressure, communication, assertive, Social Image, Social Activism

Stages of Addiction : 

Stages of Addiction A first-time cigarette user: A first-time smokeless tobacco chewer A person who’s been smoking for a while. A person who’s becoming addicted A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. A person who’s been smoking for quite a while. A person who’s been using chewing tobacco for quite a while. A person who’s been smoking for years.

Making a Decision : 

Making a Decision List the consequences of suing tobacco. Consequences of Using Tobacco Consequences of NOT Using Tobacco

I’m Special : 

I’m Special List the important qualities about yourself. Statement to Raise My Self-Esteem: I like myself. There are many things I can do well. I am growing up and my life is getting better.

Special Qualities in friendship : 

Special Qualities in friendship Think about and list the qualities you look for in friends. Friends are good listener, patient, kind, etc.

Ways to Say “NO” : 

Ways to Say “NO” Avoid the offer Don’t enter a situation where you may be pressured. Escape the offer Walk away Five an excuse Cold shoulder Refuse the offer Simple rejection Self-statements

Be assertive when using these ways to say “NO”! : 

Be assertive when using these ways to say “NO”! Consequences Broken record Strength in numbers Reversing the pressure Activism Other statement Exchange statement Combination

Advertising Pitches : 

Advertising Pitches Athletic appeal Sex appeal Having fun The courageous/brave person The hard-working person Looking older Appeal to independence

Writing a Letter : 

Writing a Letter Without naming that person, write a short letter expressing your feelings about his or her tobacco use and try to convince this person to stop using tobacco.

End with a Commitment Certificate : 

End with a Commitment Certificate