To ponder
Looking for excuses to talk about tobacco:
Thank you for smoking (“Thank You For Smoking”)
Discussion from the film:
The film tells the story of a public relations man for a powerful tobacco company, at the moment when tobacco packs warn of the risks of smoking.
The protagonist has two major conflicts: his controversial work and his problematic personal life.
COVID19 – TOBACCO INCREASES THE SPREAD
COLEGIAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPAIN
Tobacco increases the risk of contagion of COVID19 and worsens the prognosis for those infected Water pipes and vaping triple the risk of contagion.
TOBACCO RETURNS TO TV SCREENS
TRUTH INITIATIVE
(In English). New research from the Truth Initiative shows how 69% of the most popular shows for young people display smoking prominently.
FILMS WITHOUT TOBACCO
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Tobacco-Free Movies: From Evidence to Action. Pan American Health Organization. World Health Organization. 2016.
ICELAND REDUCES TOBACCO USE
EL PAÍS
In the last 20 years, Iceland has radically reduced the use of tobacco, drugs and beverages among young people. How has it been done? An article from El País (October 2017) to discuss.
THIS IS HOW A SMOKER’S LUNG BECAME VIRAL
EL PAÍS
The video shared by an American doctor of a lung affected by tobacco consumption has reached 14 million visits. El País talks about him in a 2018 article.
VAPING CAUSES ORAL DISEASES
THE PRINTING PRESS
Few months of vaping, enough to develop oral diseases. In the study they observed harmful effects in electronic cigarettes with and without nicotine.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and death and affects 22% of the Valencian population. The Conselleria de Sanidad Universal y Salud Pública develops a strategy of preventive and care actions to reduce the incidence of smoking, among which is this Virtual Classroom, with material aimed at the younger population and teachers so that, among each and everyone, let's end the tobacco.