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Smoking and Vaping Inquiry

Explore how nicotine and social situations can affect choices about smoking and vaping. Read the information cards, then complete the questions. There can be more than one helpful response to a real-life situation; sample answers show one safe approach.

Briefing cards

CARD A — Nicotine is addictive. Many vaping products contain nicotine, although products and their contents vary. Nicotine can lead to cravings and make it harder to stop. CARD B — Smoking exposes people to toxic chemicals and increases the risk of serious illnesses, including heart and lung disease and several cancers. Vaping is not harmless: its aerosol can contain substances that may harm health, and the long-term effects are still being studied. CARD C — People may feel pressure to try something because of friends, curiosity, stress or wanting to fit in. Planning a response, leaving an uncomfortable situation and talking with a trusted adult are useful ways to protect wellbeing. In New Zealand, selling vaping products to people under 18 is prohibited. School rules may also restrict vaping on school grounds.

Investigate and respond

Use the briefing cards and your own reasoning. For questions asking what you would do, focus on safe, respectful actions.

1.Which substance is responsible for addiction in many tobacco and vaping products?

Nicotine
Oxygen
Vitamin C
Water

2.True or false: Because the long-term effects of vaping are still being studied, it is accurate to say vaping is harmless.

TrueFalse

3.Choose the two statements best supported by the briefing cards.

Smoking increases the risk of serious illness.
Every vape product has exactly the same contents.
Nicotine can lead to cravings.
Vaping is harmless if a person feels fine straight away.

4.Complete the idea: Selling vaping products to people under is prohibited in New Zealand.

5.Match each possible reason someone might feel tempted to try smoking or vaping with a helpful response.

A. A friend is pressuring them
B. They feel stressed
C. They are bored
D. They are curious

2. Practise a clear refusal and move away
4. Find reliable information before making a choice
1. Make a plan for a different activity
3. Talk with a trusted person about support

6.A friend offers Maia a vape after school and says, “Everyone’s doing it.” Write one short response Maia could use that declines without insulting the friend.

7.A student sees a friend vaping in a school bathroom. Give two safe, supportive actions the student could take. Do not suggest confronting or filming the friend.

8.Explain one way nicotine addiction could make it difficult for someone to stop vaping, using an idea from Card A.

9.A social media post says, “Vaping is harmless because it is only water vapour.” Identify one problem with this claim and write one question you would ask to check whether the post is trustworthy.

10.Write a two-sentence message for a younger teenager: include one fact about smoking or vaping and one practical way to handle pressure to try it.