Vaping, Smoking and the Decision in the Moment · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Your answer, decided before Friday

Personal & Social Development · Responsible Decision-Making · ages 14-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What is the honest verdict on vaping?

    • Proven harmless water vapour
    • Banned everywhere already
    • Avoids smoke but carries nicotine and irritants; long term still tracked

  2. Why does nicotine hook adolescent brains faster?

    • Teen lungs are larger
    • The brain is still building, so habits lock in quicker
    • Teens enjoy the taste more

  3. Rehearsing one refusal line ahead beats inventing a speech on the spot.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which refusal works best?

    • A short final line plus leaving to get a drink
    • A long excuse they can argue with
    • Saying nothing and hoping

  5. Which of these is a classic pressure script?

    • A dare plus a joke if you refuse
    • A written invitation
    • A maths question

  6. Mia wants to dodge her triggers. What should she map first?

    • The mates, moments and feelings that spark the urge
    • The price of every brand
    • The history of tobacco

  7. You are offered a vape behind the bike sheds, all eyes on you. What is the trained move?

    • Deliver your rehearsed line and leave with calm body language
    • Debate the science until they get bored
    • Take one puff to prove you are strong

  8. Leo says one puff cannot hook anyone. What is wrong?

    • Puffs are too small to inhale
    • Each hit trains the brain to expect the next, and young brains wire it faster
    • Only cigarettes hook, never vapes
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Answer key

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  1. Avoids smoke but carries nicotine and irritants; long term still tracked · No smoke does not mean no harm, and the long story is still open.
  2. The brain is still building, so habits lock in quicker · A building brain wires strong habits and cravings in faster.
  3. True · A decided line holds steady when eyes land on you.
  4. A short final line plus leaving to get a drink · Short, finished and paired with an exit gives nothing to debate.
  5. A dare plus a joke if you refuse · Dares, jokes and the promise that one puff means nothing are the script.
  6. The mates, moments and feelings that spark the urge · Knowing your sparks is the best reason not to step into them.
  7. Deliver your rehearsed line and leave with calm body language · Your decided line plus an exit beats anything invented staring back.
  8. Each hit trains the brain to expect the next, and young brains wire it faster · One try can start the wiring, especially in a building brain.
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