Imagineers have been invited to talk with adults about smoking. The big idea is that we can make Aberdeen a place where young people don’t start smoking and where adults stop smoking. This is called a tobacco-free future. We want this so that everybody can be healthy.
In their communities, Imagineers see adults and teenagers smoking in the parks; at front doors; in their houses; in cars; at the bus stop; when people walk their dogs; and outside on the street. The Imagineers want more smoke free zones and smoking areas in the places where they live.
The Imagineers attitude to smoking varies depending on whether they experience adults smoking at home. Those that do feel they really don’t care about smoking because parents have been doing it since they were young. Some worry that their mum or dad might end up in hospital because of smoking.
The Imagineers that don’t experience smoking at home say that smoking makes them feel sick, scared and upset. They know it isn’t good to breath in smoke and they wonder why people do it in the first place.
At school, some of the Imagineers learn that smoking is bad for your lungs. Many of the Imagineers mums and dads tell them not to start smoking. They also find the pictures on packets of cigarettes disturbing – it puts them off starting.
