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Quit
Programme 2
Family Habit 

Activities:
Before viewing
Tell the students they are going to see one of a series of short films focusing
on issues around smoking and tobacco control.
After viewing
Key questions:
a) What message/s was the film trying to get across?
b) What techniques were employed to do this?
c) How successful did individuals feel this was?
d) What impact had the film made on them personally?
e) How did they feel about what the characters were going through?
f) Has it made them think about anything to do with smoking in a different way?
Activity 1
1. Tell the students you want them to look at the film again and afterwards discuss:
a) Is there anything Meret and her mother could have done to help themselves
give up?
b) Is there anything other people could have done to help them?
2. Talk about the effects of withdrawal they see the two people experiencing. Can
they explain them? (See background to A Hole In My Neck.)
Are there other withdrawal symptoms they know of?
3. Ask them to draw up a plan of action for Meret and her mother to help them successfully
stop smoking.
Activity 2
Brainstorm in groups, or as a class, things that might motivate people to stop
smoking. Write these on the board, grouping them into appropriate categories. Ask
the class, if they were smokers, which motivators would encourage them to stop.
Discuss responses and any differences of opinion. Were there any gender differences?
What were the motivating factors for Meret and her mother? In what ways might mother
and daughter be under different pressures? Ask students how they would feel if they
had a 9 year old who was experimenting with smoking. How would they feel if it was
a 14 year old? How would they handle the two situations?
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