Title: Smoke vs Smokeless Tobacco
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TOBACCO-FACTS
TOBACCO-MATH
By
Ken Brodzinski
2AND
YOUR JOURNAL!
3 Sales of tobacco products to minors has to drop
to at least 10 of total tobacco sales before we
can see a significant drop in their use.
TOBACCO-FACT
4 I. TOBACCO-MATH
- If total tobacco sales for our area were 1.4
million dollars last year, how much would a 10
reduction in sales be? _________________. -
140,000
5TOBACCO-FACT
- Effective school-based tobacco education
programs must occur before the fifth grade.
6II. TOBACCO-MATH
- If twenty-seven out of thirty-five schools offer
such a program,
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What would that be?______
7TOBACCO-FACT
In order to change smoking habits, the ratio of
Non-Smoking to Smoking ads must be 41.
8III. TOBACCO-MATH
Last year tobacco companies produced 40,000 ads.
How many Anti-Smoking ads must be produced to
reduce tobacco use? _____________
160,000
9 Last year tobacco companies spent twenty-five
million dollars on advertising. If each ad cost
5,000, how many ads were made? _______
IV. TOBACCO-MATH
5,000
10High School Senior Class Tobacco Use
11V. High School Senior Class Tobacco Use Graph
1992
Which senior class was the lowest ?_____
12VI. High School Senior Class Tobacco Use Graph
Which senior class was the highest? ____
1975
13VII. High School Senior Class Tobacco Use Graph
What used tobacco in 1975? ______
75
14SMOKELESS TOBACCO GRAPH
15VIII. SMOKELESS TOBACCO GRAPH
Which western state has the highest usage?
______________
Wyoming
16IX. SMOKELESS TOBACCO GRAPH
Which eastern state has the lowest
usage? ___________________________
New York
17X. SMOKELESS TOBACCO GRAPH
How many states had usage levels under 10?
________
5
18XI. SMOKELESS TOBACCO GRAPH
Why do you think Virginia has such high
usage?________________________
Origin of tobacco industry
19TOBACCO SALES - CIRCLE GRAPH
200
150
50
600
UNITS SOLD
20XII. TOBACCO-MATH
THE LEAST POPULAR TOBACCO PRODUCT SOLD IS
SNUFF. HOW MANY UNITS WERE SOLD? ____________
50 UNITS
200
150
SNUFF
50
600
21XIII. TOBACCO-MATH
CIGARETTES SOLD TWELVE TIMES BETTER THAN SNUFF.
HOW MANY UNITS WERE SOLD? ________________
600 UNITS
200
150
SNUFF
50
600
CIGARETTES
22XIV. TOBACCO-MATH
CHEWING TOBACCO SALES WERE 1/4 THAT OF
CIGARETTES. HOW MANY UNITS WERE SOLD?
________________
150 UNITS
CHEWING TOBACCO
200
150
50
600
CIGARETTES
23XV. TOBACCO-MATH
CIGARETTE SALES ACCOUNTED FOR __________ OF THE
TOTAL TOBACCO SALE?
60
200
150
50
600
CIGARETTES
24XVI. TOBACCO-MATH
SNUFF AND CIGARS ACCOUNTED FOR __________ OF
THE TOTAL TOBACCO SALE.?
25
CIGARS
200
150
50
SNUFF
600
25XVII. TOBACCO-MATH
CHEWING TOBACCO ACCOUNTED FOR __________ OF
THE TOTAL TOBACCO SALES?
15
CHEWING TOBACCO
200
150
50
600
26XVIII. TOBACCO-MATH
CHEWING TOBACCO AND CIGARS ACCOUNTED FOR
__________ OF TOTAL TOBACCO SALES?
35
CIGARS
200
150
CHEWING TOBACCO
50
600
27REMEMBER
- MOST SMOKERS START IN
- JR. HIGH AND DO NOT QUIT UNTIL THEY EITHER GET
SICK OR DIE.
28TEACHER PAGE OBJECTIVES 1.To familiarize the
students with facts pertaining to the
advertising, sales and use of
tobacco ACTIVITY 1. The students will be
required to use their journals. 2. Students
will be asked to apply basic math skills to
eighteen problems. PROCESS 1.The teacher will
click through twenty six slides. 2. Each slide
is self explanatory and answers are
provided. 3. The teacher should preview the
lesson prior to classroom presentation.
29Journal Outline
I. - IV. Tobacco-Math - one line each. V. -
XVII. Tobacco - Graph - one line each.