: Smoke Free
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus: Smoking
Resources:Picture

Questions/instructions:

Show picture.

These people don’t smoke.
They say they’re never going to smoke.

1. Why do you think they have decided
it’s better to be smoke free?

Smokefree picture




% responses
2006 ('02)
y4
y8

Health:

long term smoking dangerous to health
(e.g. cancer, organ damage, death)
87 (89)
89 (90)
other health consequences
(e.g. coughing, wheezing, stained teeth/fingers)
50 (23)
61 (34)
dangerous to others (e.g. passive smoking)
20 (25)
24 (22)
smoking leads to addiction/ loss of control
3 (10)
13 (13)
Lifestyle:
expensive, takes money from other activites
2 (4)
20 (13)
annoying to others
2 (3)
7 (7)
often leads to social isolation
1 (1)
2 (4)
smoking often takes time, disrupts other activities
1 (1)
4 (4)
positive role models to be smokefree/
smoking seen as stupid/dumb
3 (4)
10 (16)
Total score:
4–9
1 (2)
10 (9)
3
12 (11)
28 (18)
2
45 (35)
43 (41)
0–1
42 (52)
19 (32)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4

Year 8

Commentary:
Most students have some understanding of the physical risks associated with smoking but few are as aware of the possible negative lifestyle consequences. There was a small improvement at both year levels from 2002 to 2006.
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