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Smoking Stinks
Maddie and Alex prepare for their school health report about smoking, and learn from Maddie's grandfather why he started smoking and why he hasn't quit. The story stresses the importance of never using tobacco products and the dangers of passive smoke, particularly to children with asthma and allergies. This book has received positive reviews from the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, and many health car professionals.
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First published January 1, 1998
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August 23, 2019
2.5 stars -- My mom, a teacher, had this book as part of her curriculum. SMOKING STINKS focuses on a child who is worried about her grandfather, whose cigarette smoking is causing health problems.
It definitely gets the message across, but it does so in a heavy, didactic manner in which many characters seemingly pop up just to present another fact about tobacco's hazards. (I did like that the grandfather wasn't demonized for his habit, but was rather sympathetically portrayed.)
This one would work for young elementary students, but will no doubt fall flat at the stage kids start getting rebellious and sneering at anything they perceive as a lecture. As this book is now over 20 years old, it of course doesn't discuss the rise of vaping.
It definitely gets the message across, but it does so in a heavy, didactic manner in which many characters seemingly pop up just to present another fact about tobacco's hazards. (I did like that the grandfather wasn't demonized for his habit, but was rather sympathetically portrayed.)
This one would work for young elementary students, but will no doubt fall flat at the stage kids start getting rebellious and sneering at anything they perceive as a lecture. As this book is now over 20 years old, it of course doesn't discuss the rise of vaping.
December 7, 2010
This would be a great book to read at school, during drug free week or in health class. However, I am having a hard time thinking about what age I would want to read it to. I guess it is never to young to start. The children can really relate because it has to do with family and some of the kids might have parents or guardians that smoke and it really bothers them. A great lesson learning book and a good chance to have the children inquire about what they have read.
April 9, 2011
The story of a young girl who is inspired to do her school health report on smoking and how it 'stinks in more ways than one'. Definitely a great read aloud for Red Ribbon Week (if it's cleared by the principal of course).
July 7, 2015
I got this mainly to read to my kids, not my students.
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