Today’s lesson is called Smoking harms your health

Why do you think we choose this topic? We chose it because it is important for young people to understand the facts about cigarettes and diamba, to understand the negative impacts that smoking has on your health and to be able to say no when people around you pressure you to smoke.

After this lesson, you will be able to:

1) State the substances in cigarettes and diamba that harm our health

2) Explain how smoking damages our lungs

3) Reflect on how you might manage peer pressure to smoke

*This podcast is created from the recordings prepared for the Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education Radio Teaching Programme. The programme is coordinated by the Directorate of Non-Formal Education, with support from UNFPA and Irish Aid.