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Inspiring PSAs to Show in Health Class

A huge part of what we teach in health class is advocacy, and one of the most effective ways to advocate is through PSAs, or public service announcements. I’ve been having my students make them since back in the days

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Rates of teen substance abuse are on the way down…

Good news! According to the latest report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, more teens in the U.S. are making the right choices. The survey included over 70,000 people, and in the

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Healthy lungs vs. a smoker’s lungs

What a great use of Vine. I’m not usually one to go with scare tactics in health class, but when it comes to cigarettes, all bets are off. This six second video loop is much more effective than the old

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E-cigarettes and the FDA…

With the rates of middle and high school students who have used e-cigarettes doubling between 2011-2012, it’s important that we add this hot button issue into our curriculum right away. E-cigarettes have been all over the news this week, with the FDA

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Positive tobacco prevention…

From Healthline, Sept. 2013: Teens Respond Better to Positive Information Than Warnings “Want to Keep Kids from Smoking? Tout Positives, Not Negatives… Overall, researchers found that younger study participants were less likely to take the risks of negative information into account.

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Are you kidding me right now?

After three years of back and forth court battles… it looks like the FDA won’t be able to force big tobacco to put graphic warning labels on their packages after all. Unreal. In Australia, they’ve cracked down so hard that the

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