A 40-minute NAFAS session for your class.

The session plan

1. 5 min

   Take a NAFAS together

   Start with the guided breathing exercise, then ask how it felt.

   Open the breathing exercise

2. 10 min

   Flip an ad

   Show one ad flip. Ask who the ad was made for and what it left out.

   Open the ad flips

3. 10 min

   Myth or fact

   Read each question out loud. Students vote with a show of hands, then you reveal the answer below.

   1Is hookah safer than cigarettes?

   No. The WHO says a typical one-hour hookah session can mean inhaling 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke from a single cigarette. Hookah tobacco also carries nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar. Source

   2Does the water in a hookah filter the smoke?

   No. The WHO calls this a common misconception. Passing smoke through water does not make it safe, and no device or accessory has been shown to make hookah smoking safer. Source

   3Is vaping just harmless water vapor?

   No. US public health guidance states that e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless. It can contain nicotine, ultrafine particles, flavorings like diacetyl, cancer-causing chemicals and heavy metals such as nickel, tin and lead. Source

   4Is one cigarette a day safe?

   No. A US National Cancer Institute study found that people who smoked 1 to 10 cigarettes a day had an 87% higher risk of early death than people who never smoked. Even less than one a day carried a 64% higher risk. Source

   5How much life does one cigarette cost?

   About 20 minutes of life expectancy per cigarette, by a recent University College London estimate: roughly 17 minutes for men and 22 for women. Source

4. 10 min

   Do the math

   Enter a typical weekly spend in the calculator. Ask what else that money could buy in a year.

   Open the calculator

5. 5 min

   Make a pledge card

   Anyone who wants to can make a pledge card and share it.

   Open the pledge card