Tobacco+smoking

=Collaborative Study: 20%= =__ Tobacco Smoking: Why do teenagers smoke? __=

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Groups

 * Nathan, Dion, Tori, and Jarra
 * Tom, Kerry, Merinda and Steven
 * Jessica, Emma and Malee
 * Bill, Jelly and Sam

The collaborative presentation requires groups of students // The sharing of ideas and resources reflects the collaboration of scientists. // // The actual collaborative presentation may take a variety of forms (e.g. a PowerPoint presentation, a website, a public performance, or a document.) // Begin your research into this issue. You will need to: 1. decide on the audience to whom you will present the issue; 2. organise yourselves so that each member of the group has specific tasks and set times for feedback to the group; 3. document, in correct format, your references. Your references must be formatted as recommended by SSABSA. Advice can be found at [|http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/res-advice/gene-tl-ref.pdf] 4. analyse the information for bias and credibility by annotation of the source material; 5. explain the relevant science; (PPt and website research) 6. present different views of the issue; (Survey) 7. present the reasoning behind the different views; (Survey and research) 8. present the information at the **times** indicated on the Supervision and Verification form on the next page, along with the Supervision and Verification form.
 * // to investigate a contemporary issue, //
 * // to analyse their findings, //
 * // to present their findings to a chosen audience. //

= 80 Million a Day = Broadcast: 01/09/2009 [|http://www.abc.net.au/foreign] Reporter: Geoff Thompson They’re starting young and dying young. 400 thousand Indonesians are dying each year from smoking related illnesses and business couldn’t be better for tobacco companies in retreat from punitive taxes and tough health regulations in the developed world.

'From the tobacco company’s perspective, Indonesia is a paradise.' David Stanford Indonesia Consumers Foundation

Any hour of the day Indonesian’s are subjected to a sales pitch that hasn’t been seen in Australia for decades. Cigarette commercials on television hard sell messages that smoking is cool while sporting events and pop concerts are draped with advertising slogans and seductive images. Even the Marlboro man who rode into the sunset in the west years ago is riding high in the saddle on enormous roadside billboards.

Critics are scathing in their assessment of cigarette vendors like Philip Morris and others and accuse them of seizing on an absence of regulation and of directly targeting kids.

‘The fact that today Philip Morris is continuing to target youth in Indonesia is one of the most egregious moral and social violations of corporate responsibility that I can imagine.’ Matthew Myers President - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Indonesia itself is accused by anti-smoking campaigners of being a rogue state in the company of North Korea and Zimbabwe for thumbing its nose at the facts and ignoring the World Health Organisation’s widely accepted convention on tobacco control. The country’s top council of Islamic scholars recently considered declaring a fatwa on smoking - but even they balked and failed to stop the surge of the tobacco companies.

‘Cigarettes are like a weapon of mass destruction and cigarette advertising is an invasion to the young of Indonesia.’ Cholil Ridwan Religious leader

Indonesia correspondent Geoff Thompson visits the cancer wards and tobacco fields of Indonesia for this disturbing investigation of smoking’s booming marketplace. Along the way he confronts the new boss of Philip Morris in Indonesia who declares he has no qualms about their marketing practices

‘On a personal level my conscience is fine.’

John Gledhill CEO Philip Morris, Indonesia

=Watch the documentary=

Post a discussion
. What do you think about the differences in smoking regulations between Indonesia and Australia? Make a comment about advertising and tobacco control and the affect of smoking on young people and families.

If you missed this class then click on the preview.

It’s a staggering national habit and it’s grown into a juggernaut of a killing machine claiming an annual toll eclipsing the Aceh tsunami. Welcome to the warning-free, smoking free-for-all that’s become Big Tobacco’s big new frontier. See [|preview.]

Find out some facts about teenagers and smoking in Australia from the [|Australian Bureau of Statistice.]

Look at these PowerPoint Presentations from different organisations about teen smoking. What information could you incorporate into your survey?