Science, Tobacco & You in Washington

The Center for Integrating Research and Learning is proud to introduce Science, Tobacco & You to Washington.

Science, Tobacco & You is a multidisciplinary, multimedia, science curriculum resource. The goal of Science, Tobacco & You is to encourage students to use science to ask and answer questions to promote scientific literacy; in this case, the medium used is the issue of tobacco use and prevention.

By developing the skills to ask, find, and determine the answers to questions derived through inquiry, we strive to reduce the use of tobacco products. This goal is achieved by educating the students on the issues of tobacco and providing them with the education and resources to analyze the issues from a scientific perspective. Through scientific analysis and captivating multi-sensory experiences, students explore and understand the harmful effects of tobacco on their bodies, strategies for handling peer pressure to use tobacco, and the role that advertising plays in promoting tobacco addiction.

The activities in the Science, Tobacco & You Guidebook have been correlated to the state's educational standards.