Not So Sweet: The Hidden Risks of Oral Nicotine and Smokeless Tobacco Products

 A two-lesson curriculum on oral nicotine and smokeless tobacco products

 

This two-lesson, evidence-informed oral nicotine and smokeless tobacco curriculum is part of the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit. A two-lesson curriculum on oral nicotine and smokeless tobacco, including prevention of nicotine pouches like Zyn.

All lessons are mapped to National Health Standards. Please see the document below to view the standards associated with this lesson.

National Health Standards

Introduction to the Lesson and General Information

Each lesson provides activities, online quizes, worksheets, presentations resources, and other materials aimed at helping young people understand what oral nicotine and smokeless tobacco products are, what they do to the body, and how the industry is purposely targeting youth.

The goals of this curriculum are for adolescents to:

Identify different types of smokeless tobacco & oral nicotine products.

Choose healthy alternatives over engaging in tobacco and nicotine use.

Explain the health risks linked to using smokeless tobacco & oral nicotine products.

Understand how smokeless tobacco and oral nicotine companies target youth through various different marketing tactics.

Develop strategies to refuse all forms of tobacco and nicotine use.