Nicoteen

This "smoking simulator" is the modern equivalent to having a first time smoker smoke the entire carton to teach them a lesson. This much healthier and more effective alternative has the youth essentially tied to a cigarette pack shaped box 24 hours a day. The device will prompt them to say specific anti-smoking phrases into a microphone for a certain amount of time (equal to the time it would take to smoke a cigarette).
We have yet to use this item with our youth, so I am not sure of the impact or the student response. I will update this post once we have put it to use. I can't imagine using this item for students older than 8th grade.

Tar Jar

The Tar Jar is a standard prop for any health fair display. It symbolizes the amount of tar which would accumulate in a one pack a day smoker's lungs in a year. The dark, sticky "tar" is a real conversation starter among smokers and non-smokers alike.

What Mommy does, baby does

This small resin display is a realistic looking fetus attached to a placenta which is filled with cigarette butts, pills and beer bottle caps. This is a good display for students, and also when working with pregnant and parenting teens. It can strike up a conversation about proper nutrition, fetal alcohol syndrome, drug-addicted babies, etc.

Cigarette Ingredients

This item looks like a giant cigarette from one side, but when it is turned around it shows representations of the dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes. This is a great visual aid for illustrating the disgusting contaminants that tobacco can contain, and is a very informative prop for youth and adult audiences.

Lou-Wheeze

This item travels to various different health fairs with us, as it is durable and illustrates well the damage caused by tobacco use in the lungs. Lou-Wheeze has a healthy lung and one riddled with cancer and emphysema. She is connected to a bellows so that the audience may see how differently the diseased lung reacts. Younger audiences especially appreciate this, as it gives them a concrete visual comparison.

Smoker's Lung

This item is recommended for use only with current smokers, as it would be viewed as a scare tactic and virtually ineffective as a deterrent for non-smokers. It is a swine lung, stained and preserved, with a palpable tumor and "emphysema" that may be attached to a bellows and "breathe." Youth are generally fascinated and disgusted by this item, whether we attach it to the bellows or simply allow them to feel the tumor. With it in use, it is easy to demonstrate the effects of emphysema.

It is an interesting item, and one that the audience won't soon forget. It is particularly appropriate in conjunction with other information about emphysema and lung cancer.

Pickled Liver

This sort of silly visual aid illustrates the damage done to a liver after long term alcohol abuse. It is a plastic jar with a model of a liver with cirrhosis floating next to a model of a pickle. I only show this in conjunction with a picture of a healthy liver to compare.

Youth are usually really interested in this item, but mostly want to know a)is it a real liver (no, but it was cast from a real one), and b) can I eat the pickle (nope, it is plastic). I actually prefer my liver poster to this item, but this is easier to transport.

Mr. Dip Lip

Along the same lines as Gross Mouth, this visual aid is the lower section of a jaw and shows spit tobacco health consequences. Mr. Dip Lip has the lips intact, and the mouth can be opened and closed using the mechanism in the back. Unlike Gross Mouth, the tongue is not removable, nor can you get the jaw to be a "flip top head" and look at the full inside of the mouth, but it is more realistic.

Mr. Gross Mouth

This visual aid is a slightly larger-than-life replica of a mouth riddled with tobacco related disease. The teeth are decayed, some are missing; gums are red and diseased; there are several cancerous masses to see; the tongue has a cancerous spot. All of the ailments are attributable to tobacco use, and we use it with audiences of all ages. It is a real crowd pleaser.