The "Contemporary Health Series" covers critical health and family life topics in a sequence of modules with two curricular divisions: "Into Adolescence" for middle school teachers and "Entering Adulthood" for high school teachers. This module presents a tobacco "no use" message to students in grades five through eight through a series of eight lessons. To enable students to better understand the effects of tobacco use on the body, the first lesson explains the structure of the respiratory system and its functions. Lesson 2 teaches that all forms of tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, are harmful. Lesson 3 explores the physical effects of tobacco use. Lesson 4 continues the examination of the dangers of tobacco use, including the effects of sidestream and secondhand smoke. Lesson 5 allows students to consider the various factors that influence their decisions and ways to counteract negative influences; lesson 6 deals with peer pressure and offers students the opportunity to practice refusal skills. Lesson 7 continues the study of influences on decisions about tobacco use with an examination of advertising techniques. The final lesson helps students look at reasons for the choices people make about tobacco use and encourages students to make a public statement about tobacco use and to support the goal of a tobacco-free society. (NB)