The Endocrine System

LESSON 1: Cigarettes
PART ONE – WHAT TO KNOW
Quiz Time
Instruct the learners that the quiz will not be recorded. It will assess their prior knowledge
about smoking and this will prepare them for the main activities in their learning material.
Tell them that the answers will be written in their notebook/ activity sheet/ journal:
Have them check their answers against the following:
1. Cigarette smoking primarily affects the RESPIRATORY system.

2.
Examples of gateway drugs are CIGARETTES and ALCOHOL.
3.
4. NICOTINE is the addictive chemical in smokeless tobacco and cigarettes.
5. NICOTIANA TABACUM OR COMMON TOBACCO is a plant whose leaves can be
rolled in a cigar or pipe and can be smoked.
6. A kind of smoke emitted by cigarettes which smokers directly inhale is called
MAINSTREAM SMOKE.
7. GATEWAY DRUGS are drugs non-drug-users might try out and can lead to trying
more dangerous ones.
8. DRUG TOLERANCE is the abnormal strong craving for and dependence on
something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming like cigarette smoking
and alcohol use.
9. The Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 is also known as REPUBLIC ACT 9211 or R.A.
9211.
10. LUNG CANCER is a malignant growth of cells in the lungs due to cigarette smoking.
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B. True or False.
1. Secondhand smoke is dangerous to one’s health. TRUE
2. Smoking inside the school premises is a violation of R.A. 9211. TRUE
3. Cigarette smoking and use of smokeless tobacco kills thousands of Filipinos every year.
TRUE
4. The longer cigarette smoke stays in the body, the more it causes damage to body parts.
TRUE
5. Cancer, heart diseases, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are just some
of the diseases caused by cigarette smoking. TRUE
Process the learners’ answers.
Start Up Activity
Ask the learners to study the editorial cartoon on page 11
of their learning material. Ask them to describe what the
picture tells. Help them in processing the article below:
The term “Gateway Drug” is used to describe any drug that a non-drug user might try out.
Cigarettes and alcohol are “gateway drugs”. Gateway drugs are legal drugs that are readily
accessible. People who abuse more dangerous drugs such as marijuana and shabu often start
from cigarette smoking and drinking alcohol.
Since cigarettes and alcohol are readily available and generally accepted in our society, many
people use them for various purposes. Teenagers are especially vulnerable because they are
curious and risk-takers.
According to the study done by the National Youth Commission (NYC), 2 out of 5 Filipino
teenagers aged 13 to 15 years old, smoke cigarettes (philstar.com, March 16, 2012). Furthermore,
in a study conducted by an anti-tobacco group in the year 2011, ten Filipinos die every year of
tobacco-related diseases (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sept. 19, 2011).
Health experts explained that the continuous increase in cigarette use and alcohol consumption
by Filipino teenagers is due to its very cheap price. Many pro-health groups are now asking the
government to increase taxes from cigarette and alcohol companies. The increase in taxes will
likewise increase cigarette and alcohol prices in the country.
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Ask the learners to answer the following questions. Accept all answers:
1. What are gateway drugs? Give some examples of them.

2. Why are cigarette and alcohol called gateway drugs?
3. What are the harmful effects of cigarette smoking to the body?
4. Why is smoking a threat to the environment? Explain.
5. What are the harmful effects of alcohol to the body?
6. How can you prevent cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking? Give some ways.
Invite them to do Activity 1: Key to Knowing
Ask the learners to copy and complete the key diagram below. Tell them to list the two
gateway drugs in the two smaller boxes while the dangerous and illegal drugs in the bigger
box. Have them check their answers against these ones.
DANGEROUS AND
CIGARETTE
ILLEGAL DRUGS
GATEWAY DRUGS
MARIJUANA
ALCOHOL SHABU
Have them do Activity 2: Why do Teenagers Smoke?
Tell your learners that some teenagers their age know the health dangers of smoking and yet
they still smoke cigarettes. Ask them to answer the questions found on each cigarette diagram.
Tell them to write their answers inside the smoke.
Why do teenagers smoke?
Why do teenagers experiment

on more dangerous drugs?
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LESSON 1: Cigarettes

PART ONE – WHAT TO KNOW

Have them check their answers against the following:

1. Cigarette smoking primarily affects the RESPIRATORY system.

Process the learners’ answers.

1. What are gateway drugs? Give some examples of them.

Invite them to do Activity 1: Key to Knowing

Have them do Activity 2: Why do Teenagers Smoke?

Why do teenagers smoke?

Why do teenagers experiment

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