School facts sheets
Quit has developed a variety of fact sheets that are appropriate for primary and secondary students. These fact sheets are titled the Tobacco Action Pack (TAP). The Tobacco Action Pack is designed for students and includes the latest information from Australian and international studies presented in an easy-to-read format. Ten fact sheets make up TAP, with each fact sheet addressing a separate issue. Together, the units provide a comprehensive resource on tobacco.
TAP helps students research smoking and includes additional activities for students to explore. TAP encourages students to think about the wider impact of tobacco in Australian society.
All Tobacco Action Packs are available here as PDF files.
More detailed fact sheets on a broad range of tobacco issues are also available on our website. These fact sheets are titled Background Briefs.
Topics Covered by the Tobacco Action Pack:
What is tobacco?
Tobacco arrives in the colonies
A new way to smoke
Tobacco or health?
A healthy response
A battle not yet won
TAP Quiz
The ingredients
Tar
Nicotine
Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, and formaldehyde
Metals
Radioactive compounds
Other poisonous chemicals
Pesticides and additives
What's cigarettes-activities
Who smokes?
Young people and smoking
Who smokes -activities
Many years of research
What does smoking do to us?
Smoking and disease
Low tar does not mean low risk
The final blow
The effects of smoking - activities
What is passive smoking?
What does the passive smoker breathe in?
Health risks of passive smoking
A public health problem
Solutions
Passive smoking - activities
Starting to smoke
Why smoke?
Keeping it up ...
Habit or addiction?
Deciding to quit
Ways of quitting
Breathing easy
Tobacco addiction and quitting - activities
Tobacco advertising
About advertising
Rules about advertising
Tobacco advertising in Australia
Should tobacco be advertised?
Tobacco advertising and sponsorship - activities
Growing tobacco in Australia
And around the world
The tobacco manufacturing industry in Australia
Appealing to the Australian smoker
The tobacco industry's views on the health effects of smoking
The economics of smoking in Australia
The tobacco industry in Australia - activities
What is a smokefree policy?
A safe place to work - a legal right
People like to be smokefree
Planning a smokefree policy
Relaxing without smoke
A policy for schools?
Smokfree policies - activities
Tobacco policy
A comprehensive plan
Putting it into action
Tobacco policies - activities
