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(Updated on 27/04/2012)

 


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World No-Tobacco Day
Health (civilization) - Health (vocabulary and activities) - Drugs - Addiction(s)

 

 

Vocabulary :

 


Cliparts and Pictures :

Information :

  • Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association - 16 November 2011 - with a video
    "All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say...
    The levels of toxins in a car can be up to 23 times higher than in a smoky bar."
    See : International action
    (BBC)

 

  • Iceland considers prescription-only cigarettes
    "Tobacco bill proposes outlawing shop sales, with only doctors allowed to prescribe cigarettes to addicts unable to kick habit."
    (guardian.co.uk)

  • New York smoking ban extended to parks and coastlines
    "It will give the city's Parks Department the power to impose fines similar to those used for minor offences like begging or public urination.
    They carry fines of under $100 (£62)...
    Smoking is also prohibited in Los Angeles city parks and in Chicago parks with playgrounds. "
    (BBC)



    See Videos

 

  • Cigarette Health Warnings - with a slideshow
    "Beginning September 2012*, FDA will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States.  These warnings mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking."
    (fda.gov - US Food and Drug Administration)

 

 

  • Global health officials target tobacco additives
    "A conference on tobacco held in Uruguay has recommended that additives used to make cigarettes more appealing to new smokers should be restricted or banned...
    The WHO says that tobacco kills more people than Aids, legal drugs, illegal drugs, road accidents, murder and suicide combined.
    It estimates that of the more than six billion people alive today, half a billion will eventually be killed by tobacco. "
    (BBC)

  • Smoking To Be Extinguished On Submarines
    "Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) has effected a policy April 8 banning smoking below decks aboard all U.S. Navy submarines.
    The smoking ban, announced via naval message, will become effective no later than Dec. 31, 2010.
    The impetus behind the change of policy is the health risks to non-smokers, specifically exposure to secondhand smoke.
    Our Sailors are our most important asset to accomplishing our missions..."
    VOCABULARY :
    Commander / Navy / submarines / decks / naval / Sailors / missions /
    a submerged submarine / aboard    ...
    (navy.mil)

 

 

  • Smokers face £80 fine for butts
    "Smokers who drop cigarette butts in the City face an £80 fine following the launch of a new crackdown.
    Every day about 7,000 cigarette butts are dropped in the City of London.
    They are accompanied by lighters, matches and cellophane wrappers."
    (BBC)

 

  • Cigarette branding 'misleading'
    "Subtle branding on cigarette packets is misleading smokers into believing some products are less harmful than others, research suggests.
    Products branded "smooth", "silver" or "gold" are generally believed to be healthier and easier to give up...    "
    (BBC)

 

  • 'Castaway' hopes to quit smoking
    "A businessman who has smoked 30-a-day for decades is to maroon himself on a remote Scottish island in an effort to quit the habit...
    Mr Spice, 56, will spend four weeks in solitude with only some books and the island's sheep for company."
    (BBC)

  • Smoking curbs: The global picture
    "The BBC News Website traces the recent wave of smoking bans around the world as governments seek to improve the health of their populations."
    - with an interactive map
    (BBC)

  • Free wedding for quitting smoking
    "A charity in the Saudi capital Riyadh has come up with a novel incentive to encourage young men to quit smoking - an all-expenses-paid wedding...
    Banners in Riyadh are advertising the campaign slogan: "Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us." "
    (BBC)

  • Pub sets up smoking room - for research of course! in South Yorkshire
    "The tap room has been turned into a 'Smoking Research Centre' and customers can't get a drink until they have filled in a questionnaire."
    (sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk)
    More (dailymail.co.uk)
    + What the papers say (BBC)

 

  • Smoking curbs : The global picture - Special report
    "The BBC News Website traces the recent wave of smoking bans around the world as governments seek to improve the health of their populations."
    (BBC)

 

  • Call to ban all tobacco adverts
    "The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to ban all tobacco advertising to help prevent young people taking up the habit."
    (BBC)

 

 

 

 

 

Listening :

 

 

Conversation Questions / Role-play :

  • Let's Argue!: A Young Writers' Workshop (bogglesworldesl.com)
    "This is actually 6 hours of lessons combined into one workshop.
    The workshop is divided into three sections: Building an Argument, Weighing an Argument, and Refuting an Argument.
    Students learn to express themselves clearly and logically while examining topics such as smoking in public places, free university, and using public transportation... Dictionaries are mandatory for this lesson."

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

 

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

 

Lesson plans :

 

  • Smoking and Smoking bans - a lesson plan (teachingenglish.org.uk)

  • Smoking. (British Council)
    "Have a look at the article, poems, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."

 

  • SEQUENCE POLITESSE d'après Wings 3eLV1 - Part 6 - Lesson 2
    proposée par Céline Roos (Académie de Strasbourg)

 

  • Smoking and smoking bans (British Council)
    1. Smoking vocabulary
    2. Smoking - facts and figures
    3. Excuse me! Can I smoke here?
    4. Smoking Bans
    5. Smoking bans - Opinions
    6. Give Up smoking campaign

 

INTERACTIVE games :

 

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

Webquests :

  • Persuasion With Pictures (infusion.allconet.org)
    "Advertisers use more than words alone to persuade you to do something. Images are very important in making a television commercial or magazine ad more effective... You will look at both cigarette ads and anti-smoking ads. Then, select one of each... Finally, answer some questions about how the creators of each ad used images to help persuade readers."



Movies / Videos :

 

  • Say No To Cigarettes
    "1981 public information featuring Superman, say no to cigarettes! From TV Ark." 
    (YouTube)

 

 

 

 

  • Smoking : Philip Morris can't hide - a Flash movie (YouTube) - UPDATED




  • Smoke (1995) - A novel and a film by Paul Auster
    Tagline: "Where there's smoke... there's laughter!"
    Plot Outline: "A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers." (imdb)



Cartoons :

 

Graphic cigarette labels
- Cartoons
(cagle.com)

 

 

Cartoon: Mac on Smoking in Cars
"This lovely cartoon by Mac from The Daily Mail relates to a call
by the British Medical Association for a ban
on smoking in cars...
MPs are due to vote on the proposal next week..."
+ COMMENT + LESSON IDEA + LINKS
(englishblog.com)

 

 

Cartoon: Graphic Cigarette Labels
"This cartoon by Dave Granlund relates
to news that the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is
mandating graphic pictures on each pack
of cigarettes showing the realities
of smoking..."
+ LINKS
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 

 

Something for the weekend, sir ?
"This cartoon by Andy Davey from The Sun relates to news that cigarette
displays are to be banned in shops, meaning that shopkeepers in England will
have to start selling cigarettes under the counter."
+ Vocabulary
+ Commentary
+ Discussion question
+ Links
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 

 

Still hanging around : Volcanic ash
(roystonrobertson.blogspot.com)

 

 


How to be British N° 26 :
The British pub
"THE BRITISH PUB has survived
unchanged for a 1000 years.
A little thing like the smoking ban isn’t
going to make a difference…"
(lgpcards.com)

 

Smoking
(wolfescape.com)

 

Smoking Ban Cartoons
(cartoonstock.com)

 


Smoking is a death sentence
(fotosearch.com)

 


Anti Tobacco Cartoons
(smokitoons.globalink.org)
- see the cartoons
in the Children zone

 


"OI!" (cartoonstock.com)

 


One more...

 


I quit

 
Diet, Fitness, Health and Medical Cartoons
- by Randy Glasbergen.
"Featuring medical cartoons,
menopause cartoons,
pharmaceutical cartoons,
diet and exercise cartoons.
Cartoons about smoking,
cartoons about pregnancy, cartoons
about stress management and mental health."
(Glasbergen)




Posters :

 

 

'Smoking is a trap. Quit today'
"The Brazilian Association for Smokers Awareness or ADESF created another great non-smoking campaign." 
(creativecriminals.com)

 

 

Spoof ads : tobacco
(adbusters.org)

 
What would Jackie do ?
(yesnet.yk.ca)

Perfume Won't Hide It
- a poster
(media-awareness.ca)

 

Second hand smoke kills
(3.bp.blogspot.com)


Tobacco Advertising Gallery
- Campaign for tobacco-free kids
(tobaccofreekids.org)

 
Teen Smoking
(yesnet.yk.ca)

 

 

Poems :

 

 

Songs :

  • Been Smoking Too Long by Placebo :
    "nothing can go right with me it must be that I've been smoking
    too long"