Influences on Health Behaviors

Influences on Health Behaviors
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Influences on Health Behaviors
The decision to never and always avoid smoking or crowding among individuals who smoke cigarettes makes for a personal health behavior whose benefits reflect my increased awareness of personal health and well-being. Smoking cigarettes is an unhealthy behavior that accounts for over 400,000 preventable deaths annually in the United States. Avoiding the negative health behavior of smoking enhances an individual's quality of life and improves their overall health and well-being. It reduces the risk of being diagnosed with cardiovascular, respiratory, and coronary heart diseases. It also reduces the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease while reducing the financial burden for sustaining unhealthy lifestyle habits.
I come from a family that promotes healthy lifestyle habits such as eating balanced diets and engaging in physical activities while shunning negative health behaviors such as drinking alcohol and smoking, which is pivotal to maintaining the no-smoking stance in life. My family’s cultural background and practice of developing and maintaining positive health behaviors restrict my indulgence in cigarette smoking. It is also slowly becoming a social norm to adapt positive health behaviors for individual well-being among both the young and older generations. Both condemn cigarette smoking...