Nonsmokers, it's your turn!

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Interview of a Nonsmoker for Child #1's Heath Class

1.  Have you ever smoked before? _____Yes  _____No

2.  Why did you start (or not start) smoking)? (If you answered no to question #1 please move to question #9)

3. What was your first cigarette like? Did you cough, have a bad taste in  your mouth, or any other effect?

4, Why did you quit smoking?

5. How many times did you try to quit?

6. How difficult was it to quit?

7.  When you first started smoking, did you ever think you would find it so difficult to quit? _____Yes  _____No

8.  Did friends encourage you to smoke? _____Yes  _____No

9. What did you do to resist?

10. Does someone smoking next to you bother you? _____Yes  _____No
      How do you handle this problem?


11.  Did your parents smoke? _____yes  _____no
                                siblings? _____yes  _____no
                         good friends _____yes  _____no

12. How did their smoking or nonsmoking affect you?


13. What would you tell your son or daughter who thinks about starting to smoke and has friends who encourage smoking? (If you don't have children, imagine that you do and how would you advise them?)

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