The document discusses drugs and tobacco. It defines drugs as substances that affect chemical reactions in the body. It provides examples of drugs used medically like statins and painkillers, and harmful drugs like alcohol and cannabis. It also matches drugs to statements about their effects. The document then discusses how tobacco affects different parts of the body negatively like the lungs, skin, brain and heart. It provides role play situations where students are offered drugs or tobacco and must practice refusal skills. The refusal skills outlined are to say no clearly, suggest alternatives, and leave the situation.

1. Drugs & Tobacco
Refusal skills
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2. Drugs:
• any substance that when
absorbed in the
body affects our chemical
reactions

3. Drugs are chemicals which alter the way the body works.
Match drugs A, B, C and D with the numbers 1-4 in the
sentences.
A - alcohol
B - cannabis
C- painkillers
D - statins
• Some drugs are used medically. Patients with high cholesterol
levels are often prescribed …1 ….
• Patients with a bacterial or viral infection often take …2… to
relieve the symptoms.
• However, some drugs are harmful. One widely consumed drug
that can damage the liver and brain is …3….
• Another harmful drug that has been linked to mental illness,
and can lead to people using harder drugs, is …4….

4. Drugs are chemicals which alter the way the body works.
Match drugs A, B, C and D with the numbers 1-4 in the
sentences.
A - alcohol
B - cannabis
C- painkillers
D - statins
• Some drugs are used medically. Patients with high
cholesterol levels are often prescribed …1 statins ….
• Patients with a bacterial or viral infection often take …2
painkillers … to relieve the symptoms.
• However, some drugs are harmful. One widely consumed
drug that can damage the liver and brain is …3 alcohol ….
• Another harmful drug that has been linked to mental illness,
and can lead to people using harder drugs, is …4 cannabis
….

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10. How tobacco affects your body
Lungs
Smokers have trouble breathing because smoking damages the
lungs.
If you have asthma, you can have more frequent and more
serious attacks.
Smoking causes a lot of coughing with phlegm (mucous).
Tobacco can cause emphysema (lung disease) and lung cancer.
Skin
Smoking causes dry, yellow skin and wrinkles.
The smell sticks to your skin.
Muscles
Less blood and oxygen flows to your muscles, which causes
them to hurt more when you exercise or play sports.

11. How tobacco affects your body
Brain
Nicotine, the drug that makes tobacco addictive, goes to your brain
very quickly.
Nicotine makes you feel good when you are smoking, but it can make
you anxious, nervous, moody, and depressed after you smoke.
Using tobacco can cause headaches and dizziness.
Mouth
Tobacco stains your teeth and gives you bad breath.
Tobacco ruins some of your taste buds, so you won't be able to taste
your favorite foods as well.
Tobacco causes bleeding gums (gum disease) and cancers of the
mouth and throat.
Heart
Smoking increases your heart rate and blood pressure and causes
heart disease and heart attacks.
If you try to do activities like exercise or play sports, your heart has to
work harder to keep up.

12. Role play situation 1
• 2 students

13. The captain of your basketball/football team takes out a little
round tin and sticks a wad of “dip” into his/her mouth. You
never knew this person was a tobacco user and you think it is
gross. S/he offers you some and says it will relax you and
make you play better.

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15. Refusal Skills
1-Say “NO” (make eye contact)
2-Say “NO” again using appropriate body language
(shake head, hold hand up in front of you, etc)
3-Say “NO” and give a reason (“I don’t want to
because……, use person’s name, increase volume,
assertive tone)
4-Suggest a healthier/safer alternative
(don’t argue, and leave the door open)

16. Role play situation 1 (again)
The captain of your football team takes out a little round tin and
sticks a wad of “dip” into his/her mouth. You never knew this
person was a tobacco user and you think it is gross. S/he
offers you some and says it will relax you and make you play
better.

18. Role play situation 2
• 3 students

19. Role play situation 2
• You are a Middle School student. While walking to school one
morning, you walk behind the school building and find two of
your friends smoking. They offer you a cigarette.

21. Refusal Skills
1-Say “NO” (make eye contact)
2-Say “NO” again using appropriate body language
(shake head, hold hand up in front of you, etc)
3-Say “NO” and give a reason (“I don’t want to
because……, use person’s name, increase volume,
assertive tone)
4-Suggest a healthier/safer alternative
(don’t argue, and leave the door open)

22. Drugs
• 2 Students per situation

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