On Friday November, 19th in the manor high school gym ASA entertainment came to talk to the mhs students about living a smoke-free life. Mr. Brackmeyer felt like it was important to inform the students on how much tobacco can affect our life.
The original plan was to hold the BMX rally in the student parking lot, so that biking and talking were separate. The reason why he would have liked it separate was to be able to get the information across to the students without them getting distracted by the bikers. The reason why the BMX rally was held in the gym was because it was a safety hazard due to the high winds. The safety hazard caused the skate club not to be able to skate and show their talents.
The BMX groups came to Mr. Brackmeyer two through three months before the event was held asking if they could inform the students on how important living a tobacco-free life is. According to www.quitsmokingsupport.com , after the first puff of a cigarette it just takes six seconds to reach the brain. A cigarette contains 43 known cancer-causing compounds. Tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and ammonia are all some ingredients that are in a cigarette. There is twice the amount of tar in the last puff then the first. Most of the chemicals inhaled in a cigarette stay in the lungs.
At the end of the BMX rally, questions were asked about the tobacco facts that were said during the BMX rally. The student who answered the question right got a t-shirt. The last question was a three part question for the prize of headphones. Christina Villalobos also known as Lobo won the headphones. After the last prize was won the students were dismissed and got on their buses.
In my opinion this tobacco-free BMX rally can only be as effective as the student wants. You, as the reader, have the choice to read this or not. When a student is offered cigarette, they have the choice to do what they want. It is your life after all and no one can make you do something that you don’t want to do. Even though it is your choice to do what you want, you should really think about the long term affects of what you do today.
The original plan was to hold the BMX rally in the student parking lot, so that biking and talking were separate. The reason why he would have liked it separate was to be able to get the information across to the students without them getting distracted by the bikers. The reason why the BMX rally was held in the gym was because it was a safety hazard due to the high winds. The safety hazard caused the skate club not to be able to skate and show their talents.
The BMX groups came to Mr. Brackmeyer two through three months before the event was held asking if they could inform the students on how important living a tobacco-free life is. According to www.quitsmokingsupport.com , after the first puff of a cigarette it just takes six seconds to reach the brain. A cigarette contains 43 known cancer-causing compounds. Tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and ammonia are all some ingredients that are in a cigarette. There is twice the amount of tar in the last puff then the first. Most of the chemicals inhaled in a cigarette stay in the lungs.
At the end of the BMX rally, questions were asked about the tobacco facts that were said during the BMX rally. The student who answered the question right got a t-shirt. The last question was a three part question for the prize of headphones. Christina Villalobos also known as Lobo won the headphones. After the last prize was won the students were dismissed and got on their buses.
In my opinion this tobacco-free BMX rally can only be as effective as the student wants. You, as the reader, have the choice to read this or not. When a student is offered cigarette, they have the choice to do what they want. It is your life after all and no one can make you do something that you don’t want to do. Even though it is your choice to do what you want, you should really think about the long term affects of what you do today.
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