Why is secondhand smoke dangerous?
Lesson Idea Objectives • Build an awareness of the dangers of smoking. • List the physical effects of smoking. • Recognize advantages of being a nonsmoker. • Recognize that the decision to smoke is influenced by outside forces such as peer pressure and advertising. • Recognize the personal benefits to maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle. Prepare • Download and copy the poem “Daddy Bull Puffed Cigars That Provoked” • Have students read the poem “Daddy Bull Puffed Cigars That Provoked” Materials • “Daddy Bull Puffed Cigars That Provoked” Explore • Ask a volunteer to read the poem “Daddy Bull Puffed Cigars That Provoked” aloud. Explain that the poem is called a limerick. Limericks have a special rhyming pattern and they are usually humorous. Have students define the words provoked and stench. How does Daddy Bull’s family feel about his cigar smoking? (They dislike it very much.) Point out that even though Daddy Bull is the one smoking, his family also smells and breathes his cigar smoke
