Tobacco Prevention Program

The Clark County Combined Health District offers a 3 session class to third grade classrooms (generally students 8-10 years old) in Springfield City and Clark County Schools. The three sessions are used to teach children about the types of tobacco and the associated dangers, secondhand smoke, public messages about tobacco and self control.

The sessions are held during the months of January through May and can be adapted in length to accommodate class circumstances.

Tobacco vendor compliance checks are conducted four times a year to assess the availability of tobacco products to minors along with merchant education on the Ohio law regarding tobacco sales.

Lesson 1 What is Tobacco and where does it come from?

1. Is tobacco a drug?
2. Is there any safe tobacco?
3. What are the 5 types of tobacco?

Lesson 2 Second Hand Smoke / Mixed Messages

1. Explore with students what they can do to help someone who smokes; Role Play
2. Video and discussion with students about the messages about tobacco they all get from television, movies, magazines.

Lesson 3 Self Control / Staying Out of Trouble

1. Discuss things that could get you in trouble.
2. How does it feel to get in trouble?
3. Students taught, “The Self Control Skill” to teach them a way to stay out of trouble.

For more information, please contact us.