Youth Prevention: Encouraging My Friends Not To Use Tobacco

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put tobacco in a water filled fish bowl, by the end of the day you see what the lungs look like.
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go around to school and discuss benefit of not smoking
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telling them to hang out wiuth others that don't do any drugs or achol
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telling them the dangers of smoking and what would happen if they were to smoke tobacco do snuff.

if they are using i refer them to places where they can get help and quit
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getting involved in activities and positive groups, never picking up that first cigarette or chew
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hold a carnival with games that encourage anti-smoking ideals.
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by informing them of real life situations that my family members faced

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know it sounds aweful but a real diseased lung makes you think when you look at it.
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if you want to live a long and healthy life, don't start using any tobacco products
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By telling them that they are making a life changing decision!!
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i yell at them and tell them to eat fruit.
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tobacco stings with the police, merchant education.
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graphic images to small kids in elementary even primary school personal stories
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Youth Prevention: Encouraging My Friends Not To Use Tobacco

I encourage my friends not to use tobacco by …

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put tobacco in a water filled fish bowl, by the end of the day you see what the lungs look like.

go around to school and discuss benefit of not smoking

telling them to hang out wiuth others that don't do any drugs or achol

We paste outlines of dead bodies in the windows of our main hall with deadly facts on them.

telling them the dangers of smoking and what would happen if they were to smoke tobacco do snuff.

getting involved in activities and positive groups, never picking up that first cigarette or chew

hold a carnival with games that encourage anti-smoking ideals.

by informing them of real life situations that my family members faced

showing them images on how their bodies will end up looking like.

know it sounds aweful but a real diseased lung makes you think when you look at it.

teachinng about the effects in classes.

telling them stories about other people and how it affected their lives in a negative way

if you want to live a long and healthy life, don't start using any tobacco products

showing them that i have fun and have many oppurtinities presented to me by staying drug free

Not buying it for them

By telling them that they are making a life changing decision!!

i yell at them and tell them to eat fruit.

tobacco stings with the police, merchant education.

graphic images to small kids in elementary even primary school personal stories

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