Health · Week 15 · Safety, Substances, and Community Health

Behind the Flavor: Decoding Vape Marketing

Students analyze imagined vape ads for the techniques used to target teens, connect them to financial and legal influences, and choose strategies to resist them.

Responsible decision-makingGrades 9 to 12About 20 minutesGrades 9 to 12, one semester

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Students will: Students describe financial, political, social, and legal influences on the use of tobacco and evaluate strategies for managing internal and external influences.
SEL skill: Question who benefits from a message before making a choice
What it looks like: Students make thoughtful decisions by questioning who benefits from a message and how it uses emotions.
Content focus: Financial, social, and legal influences on vaping and strategies to resist them
Format: Decode and debate

Responsible decision-making

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Standards

2.3.A: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Standard 2 (Analyzing Health Influences), item 2.3.A
2.1.A: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Standard 2 (Analyzing Health Influences), item 2.1.A
Student page: Health journal page
CA Health overarching standard: Standard 2: Analyzing Health Influences

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