On the 20th of March Lisa who works for smoking matters or Quit Your Way came into school and taught several classes about smoking and its dangers.

First we got a sheet and we had to work in a group and put why people smoke and why people don’t smoke.

Next we played a true or false game and we learned many things like there are 4000 chemicals in a cigarette and that it is as addictive as a class A illegal drug.

Next we got shown a bunch of chemicals that were in a cigarette and some of them were nicotine, arsenic, formaldehyde, rat poison and tar.

Then we got shown a powerpoint about the effects of smoking like hairy tongue , black lungs and black and dead teeth. These are all caused because the tar in the cigarette sticks to everything.

Then we got a straw each and we were told to pinch our nose and breath through the straw while running on the spot for twenty seconds and it was very difficult to maintain breathing while running and we were told this is what it feels like to be a heavy smoker.

After that we were asked for two volunteers to come up and take a photo. After they took the photo Lisa did a filter and it gave them a bunch of wrinkles and she said if you smoke it can give you more wrinkles. Overall it was a really interesting lesson.