Lesson 1: Killer on the Loose

• Identify the cause of death for thousands of people each year.

• Examine clues to explore the ways people are exposed to tobacco.
• Review information on tobacco.

Lesson 2: Tobacco Aliases

• Identify facts about tobacco that incriminate it for harming and killing people.

• Present tobacco-related information to classmates.
• Recognize the dangers of using tobacco in any form.
• State personal reasons for not using tobacco.
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Lesson 3: Interviewing Witnesses to the Crime

• Identify ways tobacco use and exposure to tobacco affects the user, friends, family members, and community members.

• Explain some of the legal, social, financial, and health issues related to tobacco use.
• Share tobacco-related issues with peers by conducting interviews.
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Lesson 4: Why Hang Out With a Killer?

• Explore reasons young people might use tobacco.

• Identify forces that influence young people to use tobacco.
• List healthy ways for young people to meet personal needs without using tobacco.
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Lesson 5: Remove the Mystery of Tobacco Use:  Getting Good at Spotting a Crime

• Evaluate the gimmicks advertisers use to sell tobacco.

• Use advertising gimmicks to sell a “no use” message.
• Review effective refusal skills.
• Prepare effective refusals to counter peer pressure to use tobacco.
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Lesson 6:  Remove the Mystery of Tobacco Use:  Getting the Word Out

• Use advertising strategies to promote abstinence from tobacco use.

• Promote abstinence from tobacco products as the norm.
• Communicate support for peers who do not use tobacco.
• Communicate support for people who are trying to quit tobacco use.
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Lesson 7:  Staying Free of Tobacco Has Benefits!

• Demonstrate ways to support people who are abstaining from tobacco use and those who are trying to quit tobacco use.

• Create strategies for avoiding secondhand smoke.
• State personal benefits for not using tobacco.
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