What About Tobacco?

Product Description

Presents age-appropriate, straightforward facts about the harmful effects of tobacco to deliver a powerful anti-smoking message. With the help of peer hosts, colorful graphics, and animation, this video shows students how their hearts and lungs work, and how tobacco use impairs the normal functioning of these vital organs. Helps students understand the addictive nature of nicotine and why it is against the law for children to buy cigarettes. Identifies the substances in cigarettes and shows how the two most harmful — tar and nicotine — affect heart and lung function. Describes the effects of cigars and chewing tobacco on health. Looks at the dangers of secondhand smoke and suggests ways for viewers to avoid it.