TNTTNTTowards No Tobacco UseTowards No Tobacco Use

Effective Listening & Tobacco Effective Listening & Tobacco InformationInformation

Purpose: To introduce Purpose: To introduce Project TNT: Project TNT: Towards No Tobacco UseTowards No Tobacco Use, practice , practice

effective listening skills, and provide effective listening skills, and provide basic information on tobacco use.basic information on tobacco use.

Overview: What TNT is about and why your Overview: What TNT is about and why your class/school is doing it. Through discussion, class/school is doing it. Through discussion, games and worksheets you are given games and worksheets you are given opportunities to improve your listening skills opportunities to improve your listening skills and to learn about the prevalence of tobacco and to learn about the prevalence of tobacco use among peers.use among peers.

IntroductionIntroduction

The purpose of Project TNT is to prevent and The purpose of Project TNT is to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco products.reduce the use of tobacco products.

Project TNT includes a lot of fun activities, Project TNT includes a lot of fun activities, including 5 interesting homework assignments.including 5 interesting homework assignments.

Project TNT is a 10 session program that will Project TNT is a 10 session program that will focus on many aspects of tobacco use.focus on many aspects of tobacco use.

We will be doing this unit for the next 8-10 We will be doing this unit for the next 8-10 days.days.

Project TNTProject TNT

TNT focuses on tobacco in the form of TNT focuses on tobacco in the form of cigarettes, cigars and pipes, and smokeless cigarettes, cigars and pipes, and smokeless tobacco. Smokeless tobacco is tobacco that tobacco. Smokeless tobacco is tobacco that isn’t smoked but is usually placed in the mouth isn’t smoked but is usually placed in the mouth between the cheek and gum.between the cheek and gum.

List some brand names for cigarettes and for List some brand names for cigarettes and for smokeless tobacco.smokeless tobacco.

Make sure everyone has their name on the Make sure everyone has their name on the student workbook.student workbook.

SummarySummary

““Everything you will be learning in Project Everything you will be learning in Project TNT will be useful in many situations TNT will be useful in many situations throughout your life. For example, you will throughout your life. For example, you will learn to use refusal and communication skills learn to use refusal and communication skills that can help you say no effectively to that can help you say no effectively to anything you don’t want to do. These skills anything you don’t want to do. These skills will give you more options for getting your will give you more options for getting your needs met.”needs met.”

I need 3 VolunteersI need 3 Volunteers

Bring a pencilBring a pencil Take the Memory QuizTake the Memory Quiz Sit in the hall quietly and take the quizSit in the hall quietly and take the quiz Do not talk to each other.Do not talk to each other. We will ask you to come back one at a time.We will ask you to come back one at a time.

Tips for effective listeningTips for effective listening

Look at page one in the workbookLook at page one in the workbook Someone read these out loud.Someone read these out loud. We are going to do a demonstrationWe are going to do a demonstration

Remain quiet during the demonstrationRemain quiet during the demonstration Do not talk to or coach the volunteers.Do not talk to or coach the volunteers. Pay attention to everything during the demonstration.Pay attention to everything during the demonstration. Notice what is helping and what is preventing effective Notice what is helping and what is preventing effective

listening in this demonstration.listening in this demonstration. Turn to Listening Paragraph on page 2 – Watch carefully!Turn to Listening Paragraph on page 2 – Watch carefully!

QuestionsQuestions

1. What things prevent effective listening?1. What things prevent effective listening? 2. What helps effective listening?2. What helps effective listening? 3. What are some reasons a message can 3. What are some reasons a message can

change?change? What do people sometimes have trouble What do people sometimes have trouble

listening to each other?listening to each other? How can you tell if people are listening to How can you tell if people are listening to

you?you?

Memory Quiz was just a way of Memory Quiz was just a way of testing listening skills. We often testing listening skills. We often

don’t realize how little attention you don’t realize how little attention you are paying until someone asks you a are paying until someone asks you a

question about it.question about it. With practice, listening skill can improve a With practice, listening skill can improve a

great deal. Observing, looking at the speaker great deal. Observing, looking at the speaker and paying attention help people be better and paying attention help people be better listeners.listeners.

Tips for Effective ListeningTips for Effective Listening

Pay attention to the speaker.Pay attention to the speaker. Be responsive (nod your head, etc.).Be responsive (nod your head, etc.). Make eye contact with the speaker.Make eye contact with the speaker. Let others listen.Let others listen. Ask questions if you don’t understand.Ask questions if you don’t understand. Listen to the whole message.Listen to the whole message.

This demonstration shows that if This demonstration shows that if you listen carefully and pay you listen carefully and pay

attention they will get as much as attention they will get as much as possible out ot Project TNT.possible out ot Project TNT.

Summary:Summary: ““The more you listen, the more you learn. The The more you listen, the more you learn. The

more you learn, the more choices you have, more you learn, the more choices you have, and the better your decisions will be.”and the better your decisions will be.”

Tobacco Project Information and Tobacco Project Information and PrevalencePrevalence

Turn to Tobacco Products Information sheetTurn to Tobacco Products Information sheet How many students in 7How many students in 7thth Grade do you think Grade do you think

have smoked cigarettes in the last 7 days? have smoked cigarettes in the last 7 days? What about smokeless tobacco?What about smokeless tobacco?

6 out of 100 76 out of 100 7thth graders smoked cigarettes graders smoked cigarettes 3 out of 100 73 out of 100 7thth graders used smokeless tobacco graders used smokeless tobacco About 2 per classroomAbout 2 per classroom Most people overestimate if they don’t have the facts because:Most people overestimate if they don’t have the facts because:

When we do something, we tend to think that a lot of other people When we do something, we tend to think that a lot of other people must be doing it also.must be doing it also.

When our friends do something we tend to think that everyone does it.When our friends do something we tend to think that everyone does it. When someone does something ”different”, such as 7When someone does something ”different”, such as 7 thth grader using grader using

tobacco, that image stays in your mind. When you notice something tobacco, that image stays in your mind. When you notice something different you tend to think it happens more often.different you tend to think it happens more often.

The media, including television, movies, videos and news reports, tend The media, including television, movies, videos and news reports, tend to make us think that using tobacco is more prevalent (widely accepted to make us think that using tobacco is more prevalent (widely accepted and done) than it actually is.and done) than it actually is.

SummarySummary

““Some 7Some 7thth graders use tobacco because they graders use tobacco because they think that most people use it and they don’t think that most people use it and they don’t want to feel left out. So if you know that the want to feel left out. So if you know that the majority of people your age don’t smoke or majority of people your age don’t smoke or use smokeless tobacco, you may be less likely use smokeless tobacco, you may be less likely to start.”to start.”

TNT GameTNT Game

Put everything away!Put everything away!