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Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 05, 2006 Smoking bans reach Canada, Kenya, China![]() ![]() Are there advertisements for tobacco products in the newspaper? If so, what age group do they seem to target? If not, why don't tobacco companies advertise their products there? Where do students remember seeing tobacco ads?
![]() If there is an anti-smoking initiative active in your area, what is the newspaper's stance on the issue? If a ban isn't being considered in your area, poll the class to find out if they feel there should or shouldn't be one. Then have them write a short letter to the editor about their views.
![]() The issue brings up questions of personal freedom vs.government intrusion into our lives. Are there similar issues being discussed in the newspaper? Find an issue that does parallel the anti-smoking debate and outline the similarities and differences. Does class opinion mirror the opinion on the anti-smoking issue?
Sweeping smoking bans took effect last week in Canada's two most-populated provinces, Ontario and Quebec, amid protests by smokers that the prohibitions are unfair. The Smoke-Free Ontario Act banned smoking "in all enclosed public places and workplaces, including restaurants, bars, schools, private clubs, sports arenas, entertainment venues, work vehicles and offices." A smoking ban enacted last week in Kenya states that anyone smoking in a public place will be fined 50,000 Kenyan shillings ($700) or sentenced to 6 months in prison. Uganda and Tanzania have already banned smoking in public places. And China, home to 350 million smokers, will ban smoking on public transport and in all indoor workplaces as part of plans for a tobacco-free 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Germany, a heavy smoking country with high state revenues from tobacco taxes, was one of a handful of rich states in the World Health Organization to oppose a planned global anti-smoking treaty.
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