Either involuntarily or deliberately, we expose ourselves to many social poisons and hazards. Smoking is the most important of them because of its passive (or ’secondhand’) adverse effects in human.

When the bad effects of smoking were first discovered, policy-makers imagined that warning people about the dangers of smoking would result in them giving up. An initial decline in smoking rates in the 1960s suggested that these assumptions were correct, but in most countries of the developed world this decline has since slowed, while rates are increasing amongst young women and in many developing countries where tobacco companies have found their new markets. World-wide, there are 1 billion smokers, and 3 million die prematurely each year as a result of their habit. In the USA, it has been estimated that >5 million years of potential life and $90 billion of productivity are lost each year due to smoking.

In reality, there is a complex of systems that interact to cause smokers to initiate and maintain their habit. At the molecular and cellular levels, nicotine acts on the nervous system to create dependence, so that smokers experience unpleasant effects when they attempt to quit. So, even if they know it is harmful, the role of addiction in maintaining the habit is important. Influences at the personal and social level are just as important.

For example, research has shown that many individuals bolster their denial of the harmful effects of smoking by focusing on someone they know personally who smoked until he was very old, went to the pub every day and died peacefully in his bed at home.

Such strong counter-examples help smokers to maintain internal beliefs that comfort them when presented with statistical evidence. Young female smokers are often motivated more by the desire to ’stay slim’ or ‘look cool’ than to avoid an illness in middle life.

Even if a smoker decides to quit, there are a variety of influences in the wider environment that alter the chances of sustained success, including peer pressure, cigarette advertising, and finding oneself in circumstances where one previously smoked. The tobacco industry works very hard to maintain and expand the smoking habit and its advertising budget is much greater in the society.

The majority of adult smokers say they would like to give up smoking but only 2% of smokers per year manage by will-power alone. The strategies commonly employed to stop smoking and their impacts are shown in and Health professionals can work with the individual smoker to understand his or her beliefs and motivations. Participation in groups has also been shown to be effective. Nicotine replacement therapies can reduce cravings. If intensive support is combined with pharmacological aids, quit rates are significantly improved. Although the absolute quit rates seem modest, smoking cessation interventions are cost-effective and, if widely available, can contribute to reduction in smoking prevalence.

However, action at the societal level, such as bans on tobacco advertising, increasing taxation on tobacco, regulation of the sale of tobacco, making sure all workplaces and public spaces are smoke-free, and placing clear warnings on cigarette packets, may be more effective. Countries that have adopted these policies are being rewarded by falling smoking rates.

Recently a study was done at Norfolk city of UK. The study subject was the residents living there. Two groups were selected- the older age group and the mid-forty group. The study was to identify the person’s lifestyle, behavior, food habit, profession; the inter relationship among these and affects of these factors upon one’s total lifespan. The outcome of the research was very interesting-at least ten to thirteen years of longevity of life is identified among the persons who was maintaining some simple disciplines like at least two hour of aerobic exercise (e.g. walking, cycling) per week, to say “No” to smoking, at least four hundred grams of vegetables in a week, reduction of alcohol consumption to lowest possible limit.

This is a big blow for the health sector. Also it point to the eye of the scientists who are  passing their nights sleepless to discover the way to live few more time than the normal life span. Famous nutritionists around the world are blasting out their throat defining the balanced diet, but still no specific single solution. No instructor is able to say how much amount of exercise is necessary for a particular person to live a healthy life. No doctor is able to say about the amount of alcohol that is not harmful for life. This study shows that the healthy maintenance of lifestyle doesn’t costs much money but has a straight forward affect on life span.

Very few changes in healthy attitude can ensure remarkable big deal in our life- To find out this result scientists went for a study separately. Some positive attitude was taken in account as “Healthy Attitude to Life (HAL)” for 1point each. These are avoidance of smoking, minimal physical activeness, reduced rate of alcohol intake, vegetable and fruits taking habit at least 4 times a day. Age was taken as a concerning point of this study.

Some scored HAL-0 and some scored HAL-4. HAL-0 means none of the healthy attitudes were followed and HAL-4 means all of the healthy attitudes were followed by the study persons. Result showed a very interesting thing. Persons who were in HAL-0 group featured with four times higher death rate during the stipulated study time span then HAL-4 group. Among the death causes most of were due heart diseases. Here it is notable that heart disease is the outcome of imbalanced nutrition. HAL-2 group death rate was double than HAL-0 group.
Now what do you understand form this study? Some simple healthy attitudes to our body may increase the chance of getting long life span by four times higher than usual especially if you consider it even for single disease- heart disease.

Scientists are also giving emphasis on this type of life style in their recent publications regarding the chance of human age increasing issue.

Holiday seasons can sometimes get very tiring for some of us. It happens so often those social events like weddings, parties, thanks giving ceremonies and so many other social events cluster up within a time span of a few weeks. This causes the disruption of our usual daily routine.

Now if you are someone who has been working hard throughout the year to keep your body fit and hazard free then this time of the year can be so frustrating for you. You can hardly manage time to do your exercises. These events also mean that you can not go by the food routine that you made to keep yourself away from unwanted fat.

So you will have to find out ways to keep yourself fit in these hectic times. Some ways for you to keep yourself healthy in holiday season:

1. You will have to take few cups of green tea every day and it will help you to burn the calorie.

2. Make a low fat food menu for your dinner before the party day.

3. Try to have green tea and fresh fruits for breakfast in the morning.

4. Get high protein and raw breakfast. Keep vegetable items in your breakfast menu.

5. Keep it raw and unprocessed meals for the rest of the day. If you want to take chicken or fish, cook itsimply with steamed vegetable or salad. Avoid high calorie food materials and fried foods in special.

6. Try to make it a habit to take a spoon of Psyllium husks with water every day

7. Drink enough water every day- Make

8. You can not avoid alcohol during all these parties. But you can surely control the amount of it you are taking. You have to do this because excess amount of alcohol can help you put on some weight and make your skin dull. So you better be proactive to decide on how much alcohol you are going to take in each party and stick to that for the whole season.

9. Do not compromise your exercise sessions. You might have to be flexible about the timing but you can not afford to give it up. Find yourself some time to have some physical exercises.