Short messages on Physical health issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
The average smoker has 13 cigarettes a day, which is 364 cigarettes a month. This costs £141 a month, which is £1,696 a year.
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Laptop by nickestamp
To help get a good night’s sleep, set yourself a time each night at which you’ll turn off all your electronics. Let your friends know you’ll be unavailable after this time.
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Laptop by nickestamp
Nighttime exposure to the blue light emitted from screens – such as your TV, computer and ‘phone – disrupts our sleep hormones, reducing sleep duration and disrupting sleep.
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Fruit Love ! (Explored) by Petur
Wash fruit and vegetables under clean running water to remove soil and bacteria. Peeling or cooking fruit and vegetables also helps to remove bacteria.
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Excited! You Bet! by Steven Mileham
There will be times during the day when you have high energy levels and you can get a lot of work done very quickly, and other times when your energy levels drop.
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Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
If you smoke 1-4 cigarettes a day, you are 5 times more likely to die from lung cancer than a non-smoker.
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Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
Lung cancer risk increases with smoking duration and amount; duration has the most effect: smoking one pack of cigarettes a day for 40 years is more hazardous than smoking two packs a day for 20 years.
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Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
As soon as you stop smoking, your risk of lung cancer starts to go down. 10 years after you’ve stopped smoking, your lung cancer risk is half that of someone who has continued to smoke.
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Cigarette smoke by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin
Smoking cigarettes is the single biggest risk factor for lung cancer. 90% of lung cancers are caused by smoking.
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Luckys lake swim
If you are in open water and feel a serious cramp starting remember how buoyant your wetsuit is, roll onto your back, float and try to stretch it out.
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