Chapter 11 Skills Assessment 1. Why do you think vaping devices might be more appealing to teens than regular cigarettes? 2. Explain how exposure to nicotine during pregnancy can impact the developing fetus. 3. Consider the effects of tobacco use on healthy behaviors such as physical activity, nutrition, and sleep. What negative effects might tobacco use have on healthy behaviors? Explain. 4. Can you think of any places where you might frequently encounter secondhand smoke or aerosol? What are some ways you can protect yourself from it? 5. Discuss the connection between tobacco use and mental illness. Do you think people with mental illnesses are more likely to use tobacco? Do you think people who use tobacco are more likely to develop mental illnesses? Explain your answer. 6. What other behaviors and characteristics do you associate with smoking or vaping? How do you think those associations could affect your decisions? 7. Do people in your community have mostly positive or mostly negative perceptions of tobacco use? How might people’s perceptions of tobacco use change in different types of communities? 8. Talk with your family to find out about relatives who have been affected by diseases associated with tobacco use. Make a list of family members, their diseases, and whether or not they used tobacco. Discuss the influence that tobacco use may have had on these family members and their health. 9. How do parents’ behaviors and attitudes about tobacco influence their children’s future decisions about tobacco use? 10. Do you think there is any value in banning the sale of tobacco products across all media platforms? Why or why not? 11. Create a public service announcement (PSA) about the dangers of vaping. Make sure to include at least two of the following: short- and long-term health effects, refusal strategies, or usage statistics. 12. Research a product or medication commonly used to help people quit tobacco use. How effective do you think this product is? Explain your reasoning. 13. Over time, the health consequences of tobacco use have become better known. How do you think this information might relate to the number of people who use or used to use tobacco in different age groups? Do you think rates will change over time? Explain. Critical Thinking Skills Answer the following questions to assess your knowledge of what you learned in this chapter. Health and Wellness Skills Complete the following activities to assess your skills related to health and wellness. 14. Analyze Influences. Friends, family, and the media can have a strong influence on whether people use tobacco. Over the last two or three days, what factors have influenced you to use or not use tobacco products, including vaping devices? Identify and list the factors you have observed. Has there been any recent national or state legislation to reduce risk factors and decrease tobacco use? Is there any new legislation you would propose to one of your local, state, or national officials? If so, what would that legislation be and how would it affect tobacco use? 15. Access Information. E-liquids in vaping devices contain many harmful chemicals. Using valid and reliable online and print resources, identify five chemicals commonly found in e-liquids and choose one to research. Evaluate the resources you find and use the most credible source. List other products that contain the chemical you chose and explain how this chemical can harm the body. 16. Communicate with Others. Peer pressure in schools can create a social multiplier effect, which is the concept that the behavior of peers establishes a perceived norm, which influences behavior. Because of this effect, it is difficult for people to defy the perceived norm. In small groups, research this effect and discuss how it is present in your school. Using communication skills, film a video in which you role-play ways to resist peer pressure (including the social multiplier effect) to make healthy decisions about tobacco use. Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 392 Unit 4 Avoiding Hazardous Substances Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.