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Male____Female____
Grade Level________
Directions: Select several people who smoke, interview them, and record their answers. You might ask the following questions, plus any others that occur to you as the interview progresses. 1. How old were you when you started smoking?
2. What were your family members' smoking habits and your own feelings about their choices in that regard?
3. What prompted you to try your first cigarette?
4. How did you feel physically the first time you smoked?
5. When you first started smoking, about how much did you smoke?
6. When you first started smoking, when or in what situations did you typically smoke?
7. What prompted you to continue smoking?
8. Do you smoke about the same amount now as you did when you started? More? Less?
9. If you smoke more now, at what point did you begin to smoke more frequently, and why do you think you did so?
10. What particular things do you like about your smoking habit?
11. What particular things do you dislike about your smoking habit?
12. How do others (your family, friends, co-workers) feel about your smoking?
13. Have you ever had any medical problems related to smoking? Explain please.
14. What do you know about the risks of smoking?
15. Have you ever tried to quit smoking?
16. If you have ever tried to quit smoking, what were your physical and emotional experiences?
17. Do you think you might try to quit smoking again in the future?
After you have completed your
interviews and have recorded the results, compare your interviewees' answers.
Do any patterns emerge?
Do you see any similarites
in the smokers' feelings or behaviors?
What conclusions do you draw
from your interviews?
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