TASKS FOR THE ARTICLE

Ex.1. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about cigarettes / cigars / smoking /

Marlboro / tobacco advertising / …

To make things more dynamic, try telling your students they only have one minute (or 2) on each chat topic before changing topics / partners. Change topic / partner frequently to energize the class.

Ex.2. CIGARETTE BRAINSTORM: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘cigarette'. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them.

Ex.3. 2-MINUTE DEBATES:Students face each other in pairs and engage in the following (for-fun) 2-minute debates. Students A are assigned the first argument, students B the second. Rotate pairs to ensure a lively pace and noise level is kept:

a. Smoking should not be banned in public places vs. It should.

a. Smokers have rights vs. They don’t.

b. Passive smoking doesn’t kill people vs. It does.

c. Smoking doesn’t kill you; vs. It does.

d. You can’t ban smoking in pubs and bars vs. You can.

e. This treaty will not work. vs. It will.

f. Smoking will completely disappear one day. vs. It won’t.

g. This treaty isn’t fair on smokers. vs. Tough.

Ex.4. 'FILTHY' HABIT:Talk about other ‘filthy’ / bad / unsociable / unhealthy habits. Compare the following with smoking:

a. drinking (alcohol)

a. spitting in the street

b. graffiti

c. showing gum as you chew it

d. peeing (urinating) in the street

e. littering

f. using a loud Walkman on the train

g. wearing strong perfume in a crowded area

h. talking loudly on a mobile phone

i. using bad language

Ex.5. SMOKERS I KNOW: Write down the names of three smokers you know. Tell each other about these smokers.

Ex.6. WORD SEARCH: Students look in their dictionaries / computer to find

collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … of the words ‘anti’ and ‘tobacco’.

Ex.7. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the headline and guess whether these sentences

are true or false:

a. Every country in the world has signed up to an anti-tobacco treaty. T / F

b. The United States of America has signed up to an anti-tobacco treaty. T / F

c. The treaty means it will become law in the countries that ratify it. T / F

d. The treaty outlines strict controls on smoking in public places. T / F

e. Adults will be persuaded to kick the habit. T / F

f. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world.. T / F

g. Fifty million people a year die because of smoking. T / F

h. The World Health Organization is confident that this treaty is going to save lives. T / F

Ex.8. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

Ex.9. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases based on the article

(sometimes more than one combination is possible):

Ex.10. GAP-FILL: Put the missing words under each paragraph into the gaps.

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