BAD HABITSMAMERATO LINDA, MARANGONI GIORGIA, OZZI ELEONORA

DEFINITION▸ A behaviour regarded as

detrimental to one’s physical or mental health, which is often linked to a lack of self-control

LIST OF COMMON BAD HABITS

▸ Nail biting

▸ Nose picking

▸ Hair pulling or twirling

▸ Begin a know-it-all

▸ Fidgeting

▸ Lip biting

▸ Smoking

▸ Take drugs

▸ Drinking alcohol

SMOKING

▸ Smoking addicted because there is nicotine. Nicotine dependence means you can't stop using the substance.

▸ Nicotine produces physical and mood-altering effects in your brain that are temporarily pleasing.

▸ Smoking is a bad habit because addiction also causes many diseases: heart attacks and lung cancer.

TAKE DRUGS▸ People take drugs because they want to

change something about their lives.

▸ Here are some of the reasons young people have given for taking drugs:

‣ To fit in

‣ To escape or relax

‣ To relieve boredom

‣ To seem grown up

‣ To rebel

‣ To experiment

▸ They think drugs are a solution. But eventually, the drugs become the problem.

DRINKING ALCOHOL▸ Alcoholism is also known as

alcohol dependence. It occurs when you drink so much. When this happens, alcohol becomes the most important thing in your life. 

▸ Alcohol is both a depressant and a stimulant, and drinking can result in feelings of euphoria, disorientation.

▸ who had as little as one drink a day boosted their risk of cancer.

NAIL BITING ▸ Biting fingernails is a habit that

often starts in childhood. Nail biting becomes less common after age 18, but it can continue into adulthood. Many adults and children are often unaware they are biting their nails because doing so has become a habit.

NOSE PICKING ▸ Nose-picking on the face is probably

one of the most under-researched activities given the fact that it is an every day activity for many people.

▸ Adolescents pick their noses about four times a day.

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