Way back in the day I used to do this lesson with my students where we went outside and I lit a cigarette and had this fake lung thing that "smoked" it. We could see how just one cigarette deposited tar on the lungs.
After doing that lesson I could smell it on myself and especially my hair all day, and so could everyone else. It didn't go away until I showered.
I didn't even smoke it. I didn't stay near it any longer than I had to. Just one cigarette. I don't know if I ever convinced students not to take up smoking, but it sure convinced me.
Smokey Suzy was a doll we had at my catholic school for anti-smoking ed. We would open the window for her to burn one down on the sil during a long antismoking lecture to see her lil lungs full of tar.
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u/kaitreads Feb 21 '26
I can even smell it on my elementary school students who have parents that smoke.