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According to Leah Davies, M.Ed., refusal skills include the ability to say "no" repeatedly to a dangerous offer, ask questions from a person who is pushing a hazardous activity on another, provide reasons against engaging in unsafe behavior, and rely on light-hearted remarks to diffuse a tense situation. People can also change the subject, offer to switch activities, pointedly confront the person's questionable conduct or simply choose to walk away.