For the last few weeks Primary 7 have had Michelle and Janet from the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service coming in to talk to about Drug and Alcohol Education. Over the past three weeks we have looked at what is in a cigarette, the harmful side-effects of smoking, what might happen to our bodies if we smoke, the pressures we might face from peers, the effects of second hand smoke.
This week we focused on looking at the dangers of second hand smoking and how it could affect us. First we started with a group discussion about smoking free zones. Then after that we played a game all about where you can find second hand smoking. The two main places you can easily breath in smoke are our homes and cars. When you are outside and somebody walks past smoking you can only see the smoke for about ten to twenty seconds, after that it disappears from sight however it will stay in the air for around five hours. You don’t know if you are breathing in this smoke because you can’t see it, that is why second hand smoke is so dangerous.
After we played the game we had a evaluation to fill in and it was about what we have learned, what we liked and disliked and how we felt about the whole smoking lessons. The government are planing to that by 2034 less that 5% of the Scottish population will smoke. We were given a pledge about Smoke Free Homes & Zones to take home and discuss with our parents. In the leaflet it has information about second hand smoking, what are the dangers to children and how you can protect your family. This pledge will hopefully help stop 95% for the population in Scotland from smoking and will make a lot of our lives better.
Everyone in P7 enjoyed learning about the Chemicals, Smoking Sue and the Dangers Of Second Hand Smoking. We would like to say a big thank you to the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol team for coming in to help us.
I really enjoyed this experience because at first I just thought smoking was smoke in your body, but I now know its a lot more than that. I now understand smoking and the dangers of it, and also how dangerous it can be to us aswell,breathing in second-hand smoke .
By Ellie Curnyn
it was great fun and I learnt loads of interesting information.
my favourite thing was smoky sue and the DVD. The bit that made me feel sick was the bit of seeing the barf but overall i loved the experience and hope to use this information wisely.
from Sana Hassan
i though it was fun and i learned lots
I really enjoyed learning about the dangers of smoking,especially when we played a game called who am I which was really fun. I was surprised when i found out that there were more than 5,000 chemicals in a single ciagerette.I got to meet two lovely council workers and learned lots about how smoking can affect you. overall it was fun and educational, thank you for this expierience.
I really enjoyed learning about this
I loved seeing what a cygerettes can do
I hope we can do this again
Thank you for coming
I really enjoyed learning all about the dangers of second hand smoking. I wish that we could keep learning all about the smoking and the different things about it. The things i enjoyed the most were watching smoking Sue and seeing how much tar and what color your lungs turned after one cigarette. The second thing i enjoyed the most was what is second had smoking .
Thank you so much for coming
This was a fun day for P7 when the smoking lady came for a visit, now thanks to here little game its quite easy and clear on what second hand smoking does to your poor non-smoking body. I feel sorry for kids that think its okay because their parents do it. But it was a fun visit and I enjoyed it 🙂 thanks smoking ladys