CHC's tobacco prevention programs teach young people, from preschoolers to teenagers, the why and the how of rejecting tobacco in every form.
Each program is age-appropriate, and can be presented in a classroom, as an after-school program, or to any group of youth such as a Scout troop or church youth club.
All our programs, whether created by CHC or by other agencies and professionals,are based on the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and present information supported by current research. Several of the programs go beyond the focus on individual health to explore tobacco's impact on our society and environment as well.
Tobacco Prevention Education: Two Session Series
This series can stand alone or be added onto any of the programs CHC is currently offering and includes the following topics:
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Education
Facts about tobacco, personal values, health
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Skill Building
Making healthy choices
Tobacco Prevention Education: Six Session Series
This series includes the following topics:
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Education
Tobacco facts, rules and regulations, history and personal values
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Health
Tobacco's harmful consequences to your health and respecting yourself
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Advertising
The influence media has and how to resist it's negative messages through self discipline
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Social Skills
Refusal skills and how to manage peer pressure
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Making Choices
Personal and community choices, their outcomes and alternative choices and actions
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Environmental Issues
TSP (Tobacco Smoke Pollution) and community involvement
Tobacco Prevention Programs Include
* Also available as an after-school program