Slow death by choice

Consumption of tobacco in any form advances one's death. Beware of its ill effects.

Tobacco was discovered by Spanish sailors on American shores. Since its discovery, the epidemic of smoking has continued to spread all over the world. Tobacco use kills an estimated 4.9 million people each year, and this toll is expected to double in the next 20 years. Going by current rates, the total number of tobacco users is expected to rise to 1.7 billion by 2025 from the present 1.3 billion. Every 6.5 seconds, one person dies and many others fall ill or suffer disease and disability due to tobacco use. Tobacco is the fourth most common risk factor for disease worldwide.

Passive smoking is the breathing in of air that has been polluted by other people's smoke.

Most people try to quit smoking several times before they're successful. However, only 2.5% of smokers successfully quit each year. For the rest… it is a story of slow death by choice.

Weight gain

We tend to indulge ourselves during holidays. Here are a few tips to ensure that you enjoy your holidays while still keeping a watch on your waistline.


Holidays are not only synonymous with long lines, heavy traffic,favourite movies and TV watching but also with extremely rich foods, overindulgence and lower activity levels.
The latter adds up and becomes part of what we all dread - 'Holiday Weight Gain'. During holidays, people are more prone to eat high-fat, high-calorie foods that they might not choose otherwise.
In addition to this, we are all genetically coded to eat more when there is an abundance of food in front of us. This promoted survival in our ancestors, but in modern times, we need to modify this code and be cautious to back off a bit. Holiday weight gain happens to almost everyone.

So beware on your holidays as your summer holidays approaches...