Keeping safe from nicotine
Posted by Judy Breck on January 10, 2008
In the long term, teaching the dangers of nicotine to children is likely to save more of their lives than any other subject. The State of New York has compelling information online at their “Smokers’ Quitsite” under the subject Nicotine . . . Friend or Foe? As the page says, “nicotine is an addictive drug.” Teaching children early on the deadly danger of smoking is very literally a safety measure against addiction. The Quitsite page on nicotine is material appropriate for school lessons and home discussion with kids. Other sections of the New York State website include many facts and ideas to equip young people against the smoking habit that has shortened many lives in earlier generations.
