Why Animals Don't Smoke1
Why Animals Don’t Smoke is a program for daycares, pre-schools, and kindergartens through first grade that uses animal posters and puppets to reinforce the dangers of smoking and its effect on the body. Children see the effects tobacco use would have to a variety of animals. For example:
The program can be anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour, depending on whether a follow-up project is completed at school or taken home. A brochure is provided to students to remind them about the program and what they learned — and to enable them to share the messages at home.
To request a Why Animals Don’t Smoke presentation, please e-mail kbe@wchpinc.org or call 724-222-6511 or 1-866-904-FREE (3733).
1Based on a Journeyworks brochure of the same name.
- Smoking would turn the shark’s teeth yellow.
- Smoking would make the giraffe’s long throat very sore.
- Secondhand smoke would hurt the goat’s kids.
- Chewing tobacco would hurt the cow’s mouth and make it hard to chew grass.
- Smoking would give the dog bad breath.
- Smoking would make the gorilla weak.
The program can be anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour, depending on whether a follow-up project is completed at school or taken home. A brochure is provided to students to remind them about the program and what they learned — and to enable them to share the messages at home.
To request a Why Animals Don’t Smoke presentation, please e-mail kbe@wchpinc.org or call 724-222-6511 or 1-866-904-FREE (3733).
1Based on a Journeyworks brochure of the same name.
