Pupils as young as 11 get quit smoking class (From Echo)
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Pupils as young as 11 get quit smoking class
12:00pm Thursday 22nd March 2012 in Health By Ryan Jennings
YOUNG smokers are being given help to quit the habit – at school.
Pupils as young as 11 at Honywood Community Science School, Coggeshall, are being helped by school nurses and health professionals, as part of classes aimed at preparing them for the world of work.
Headteacher Simon Mason said: “In the real world of work now, there are very few places where smokers can go to smoke and the children need to understand that is the world they will be going into."
As well as getting advice on giving up smoking, pupils will be warned about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
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alimac69
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1:14pm Thu 22 Mar 12
jammin
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1:36pm Thu 22 Mar 12
alimac69 wrote:I dont think it is reporting there are 11 year old smokers, simply that they are educating children as young as 11 year about smoking.
I bet at least one of the parents of the 11 year old smokers are also smokers.
jammin
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1:39pm Thu 22 Mar 12
EthanEdwards
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2:17pm Thu 22 Mar 12
Practically guarantees they will do it.
PurplePrincess
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4:47pm Thu 22 Mar 12
John the resonator
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6:09pm Thu 22 Mar 12
EthanEdwards wrote:Well I very much doubt it would be delivered with a 'don't do this' method, any more than advice on contraception, pregnancies or stds is.
Daftest thing you can say to a child is ‘don’t do this’.
Practically guarantees they will do it.
I would think the message will be about highlighting the consequences rather than preaching.
EthanEdwards
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3:41pm Fri 23 Mar 12
That certainly stopped teen pregnancies didn't it....er nope.
EthanEdwards says...
1:12pm Thu 22 Mar 12