266 Unit 4 Understanding and Avoiding Hazardous Substances
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Lesson Objectives
After studying this lesson, you will be able to
• analyze the development of addiction according to the stages of
substance abuse;
• assess how identity development may relate to the decision to use
tobacco;
• explain how attitudes about tobacco use from friends and parents
infl uence rates of tobacco use; and
• evaluate the role of the media in encouraging tobacco use.
Warm-Up Activity
Differences in Smoking Rates
The table below shows differences in smoking rates among adults in the
United States based on gender, race, education, and income. Working in
groups, after being assigned one of the four topics by your teacher, brain-
storm reasons your group thinks these differences exist. Discuss the listed
reasons and decide which two or three reasons you think have the most
impact. Present your complete list and your two or three most important
reasons to the class.
Lesson 9.2
Before You Read
Give One, Get One
Create a chart like the one
shown below. Include as
many rows as you need.
Before reading the lesson,
list facts you already know
about people’s tobacco use
in the Give One column.
In the Get One column,
list facts you learn as you
read the lesson.
Why People Use Tobacco
Key Terms
In this lesson, you will
learn the meanings of the
following key terms.
addiction
dependence
peer pressure
substance abuse
tolerance
withdrawal
Give One
(things you
already know)
Get One
(new information)
Gender Race/Ethnicity
21% Adult Men
16% Adult Women
22% Native Americans
20% Non-Hispanic Whites
18% African Americans
13% Hispanics
11% Asian Americans
Level of Education Income
42% GED Degree
6% Graduate Degree
28% Very Low Income
17% Moderate to High Income
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