Your younger brother Gerry is 15 and is basically a good kid. Your parents recently moved to a midsized town after living in a small town. Gerry has had a little trouble adjusting to the new town, new school, and new friends. He is somewhat shy. It is a week before he starts high school, and you are concerned because you don't want him to get involved with the wrong crowd. Based on what you learned from the text and the Web site, what advice would you give Gerry about selecting the right type of friends and resisting peer pressure? Write at least two paragraphs.

Tating the consequences of drug use is a resistance strategy that can involve a. explaining why the drug is harmful for you b. explaining possible negative side effects of the drug c. explaining how your life might negatively change if you began taking the drug d. all of the above

A2012 report from the u.s. surgeon general stated: "another common practice is strategically locating tobacco-related marketing materials where young children will be exposed to them. tobacco industry executives acknowledge that products and advertising should be placed at eye level (pollay 2007), but in california, 48% of stores had at least one cigarette marketing item at or below 3 feet from the floor (feighery et al. 2001)." it was also noted that 25% of cigarette displays were next to candy. in addition, a national study found that about one-third of the stores had tobacco ads at low heights. after california banned counter displays, some stores place cigarettes in transparent displays so product brands could still be seen. why did some stores use transparent units to display the cigarettes? to comply with the new rules while still encouraging cigarette purchases via visual exposure to ensure children and minors are not exposed to cigarettes and their eye-catching packaging to minimize exposure to humidity, extending the shelf life of the cigarettes' tobacco to reduce the occurrence of shoplifting, since cigarettes are high-revenue items

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