ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (2) 3 :

2.1.3) Describe why avoiding tobacco is a healthy behavior.

[HE] (3) 3 :

3.1.3) Examine the harmful effects of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol on the body.

[HE] (3) 15 :

3.4.4) State effective refusal skills to enhance health.

Examples: responding effectively in refusing alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs

[HE] (4) 3 :

4.1.3) Summarize short-term and long-term effects of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products.

[HE] (5) 3 :

5.1.3) Research illnesses and diseases associated with the use and abuse of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol.

[HE] (5) 15 :

5.4.4) Apply risk reduction behaviors to protect self and others from use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

This resource provides a variety of activities that will help students see through the smoke and learn the truth about cigarettes. This guide includes standards, related links, discussion questions, activities for students, and reproducible materials.

This resource includes easy to print activity sheets and a quiz. 

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (5) 15 :

5.4.4) Apply risk reduction behaviors to protect self and others from use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

[HE] (6) 21 :

6.7.2) Describe practices to avoid to reduce health risks to self and others.

Examples: smoking or vaping, drinking alcohol, using illegal drugs, texting while driving

Listen to students at Wheeling, West Virginia Middle School discuss peer pressure they experience relating to drug use and making good or poor decisions.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (5) 3 :

5.1.3) Research illnesses and diseases associated with the use and abuse of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol.

[HE] (5) 15 :

5.4.4) Apply risk reduction behaviors to protect self and others from use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

[HE] (6) 21 :

6.7.2) Describe practices to avoid to reduce health risks to self and others.

Examples: smoking or vaping, drinking alcohol, using illegal drugs, texting while driving

[HE] (7) 2 :

7.1.2) Predict the risk of injury or illness if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.

Examples: riding in the bed of a pick-up truck, biking without a helmet, riding without a seat belt

a. Give examples of dangers associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.

[HE] (7) 10 :

7.2.5) Discuss how risky choices influence the likelihood of unhealthy behaviors, including tobacco use increasing the risk of using other drugs and peer pressure to consume alcohol.

You might think that only some types of people can get addicted to drugs. The truth is, it can happen to anyone, whether you're young or old, rich or poor, male or female. This video from NIDA explains addiction in simple terms and offers a hotline to help you or a loved one find treatment.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [HE] (5) 15 :

5.4.4) Apply risk reduction behaviors to protect self and others from use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

[HE] (6) 21 :

6.7.2) Describe practices to avoid to reduce health risks to self and others.

Examples: smoking or vaping, drinking alcohol, using illegal drugs, texting while driving

[HE] (7) 2 :

7.1.2) Predict the risk of injury or illness if engaging in unhealthy behaviors.

Examples: riding in the bed of a pick-up truck, biking without a helmet, riding without a seat belt

a. Give examples of dangers associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.

[HE] (7) 10 :

7.2.5) Discuss how risky choices influence the likelihood of unhealthy behaviors, including tobacco use increasing the risk of using other drugs and peer pressure to consume alcohol.

This resource is an animated video from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) which explains addiction in simple terms. Quitting drugs is hard because addiction is a brain disease. Your brain is like a control tower that sends out signals to direct your actions and choices. Addiction changes the signals in your brain and makes it hard to feel OK without the drug. Watch the video for a visualization of these concepts and for information on how to get yourself or a loved one help.