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Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Tobacco Use—ES
Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Tobacco Use—ES
State law addresses tobacco use.
Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn - A School Health Policy Guide. Chapter F: Policies to Prevent Tobacco Use
As part of a comprehensive tobacco-use prevention program, tobacco-use prevention education shall be integrated within the health education program and be taught at every grade level, pre-kindergarten through twelfth. Instruction shall be most intensive in grades six through eight and reinforced in all later grades.
Oregon Administrative Rules 581-022-2045 Prevention Education in Drugs and Alcohol
(1) Each school district shall develop a comprehensive plan for alcohol and drug abuse prevention program which shall include, but not limited to:
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(a) Instruction in the effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, including anabolic steroids, performance-enhancing and controlled substances as an integral part of the district's K–12 comprehensive health education program. In addition, at least annually, all high school students, grades 9–12 shall receive age-appropriate instruction about drug and alcohol prevention
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(A) The age-appropriate curriculum for this instruction shall:
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(i) Emphasize prevention strategies;
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(ii) Be reviewed and updated annually to reflect current research; and
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(iii) Be consistent with State Board adopted Health Education Academic Content Standard.
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(B) Basic information shall include:
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(i) The effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, including anabolic steroids, performance-enhancing and controlled substances
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(ii) All laws relating to the use, especially by minors, of alcohol and other illegal drugs; and
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(iii) The availability of school and community resources.