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Use the links in this section to gather information that will help you fill in your Research Journal handout. Click on your role and use the guiding questions to help guide your search. You do not need to answer every question. The questions are just there to help you understand what information you are looking for. When you find information that interests you, make sure you write it down on your handout.

Please make sure you only visit the links given on this page. Don't forget you are looking for information about smoking!

 
Joe Chemo is the mascot of an anti-smoking campaign. His brother, Joe Camel is the mascot for a cigarette company. Unlike his brother, Joe Chemo's posters actually show the reality of what happens to people who smoke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Statistician:

The statistician will research facts, numbers, and percentages about smoking. Use these questions to help guide your research:

  1. How many people die a year from smoking?
  2. When do teenagers usually start to smoke?
  3. How much money could you save by not smoking?
  4. How many chemicals are found in cigarettes?
  5. How many people die a year from second-hand smoke?

Use these links to find your information:

bulletwww.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/youth/index.html "You me and Smoke Free" a Health Canada web site for Youth
bulletwww.roycastle.org/kats/ "Kids Against Tobacco Smoke" an easy to use web site about smoking
bulletwww.tobaccofacts.org A British Columbia web site for Teens about smoking WARNING: contains graphic pictures
bulletwww.lung.ca/children/grades4_6/tobacco/index.html The Canadian Lung Association section for kids
bulletwww.thetruth.com/index.cfm?connect=coroner "The Truth" a controversial web site where you can watch TV commercials about the truth of tobacco companies
bulletwww.pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/ "It's My Life" a PBS Kids web site about smoking
bulletwww.teenquit.com A web site to help teens quit smoking WARNING: contains graphic pictures
bulletwww.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html "Smoking Stinks" an easy to read web site about choosing not to smoke
bulletwww.sk.lung.ca/content.cfm/kidstobacco Saskatchewan Lung Association Kids Section
Next step: Evaluation

The Doctor:

The Doctor will research information about the diseases and health problems smoking causes. Use these questions to help guide your research:

  1. What does it mean to have an addiction?
  2. What are two diseases smoking causes in your lungs?
  3. What is cancer?
  4. How does smoking effect your ability to play sports?
  5. How does smoking effect your heart?

Use these links to find your information:

bulletwww.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/youth/index.html "You me and Smoke Free" a Health Canada web site for Youth
bulletwww.roycastle.org/kats/ "Kids Against Tobacco Smoke" an easy to use web site about smoking
bulletwww.tobaccofacts.org A British Columbia web site for Teens about smoking WARNING: contains graphic pictures
bulletwww.lung.ca/children/grades4_6/tobacco/index.html The Canadian Lung Association section for kids
bulletwww.thetruth.com/index.cfm?connect=coroner "The Truth" a controversial web site where you can watch TV commercials about the truth of tobacco companies
bulletwww.pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/ "It's My Life" a PBS Kids web site about smoking
bulletwww.teenquit.com A web site to help teens quit smoking WARNING: contains graphic pictures
bulletwww.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html "Smoking Stinks" an easy to read web site about choosing not to smoke
bulletwww.sk.lung.ca/content.cfm/kidstobacco Saskatchewan Lung Association Kids Section
Next step: Evaluation

The Counselor

The Counselor will be responsible for information on how to quit smoking or how to encourage someone not to start smoking. Use these questions to help guide your research:

  1. Why do kids your age smoke?
  2. What are five reasons not to start smoking?
  3. Why should people quit?
  4. Why is it so hard to quit?
  5. What does it mean to have an addiction?

Use these links to find your information:

bulletwww.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/youth/index.html "You me and Smoke Free" a Health Canada web site for Youth
bulletwww.roycastle.org/kats/ "Kids Against Tobacco Smoke" an easy to use web site about smoking
bulletwww.tobaccofacts.org A British Columbia web site for Teens about smoking WARNING: contains graphic pictures
bulletwww.lung.ca/children/grades4_6/tobacco/index.html The Canadian Lung Association section for kids
bulletwww.thetruth.com/index.cfm?connect=coroner "The Truth" a controversial web site where you can watch TV commercials about the truth of tobacco companies
bulletwww.pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/ "It's My Life" a PBS Kids web site about smoking
bulletwww.teenquit.com A web site to help teens quit smoking WARNING: contains graphic pictures
bulletwww.kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html "Smoking Stinks" an easy to read web site about choosing not to smoke
bulletwww.sk.lung.ca/content.cfm/kidstobacco Saskatchewan Lung Association Kids Section
Next step: Evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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