If you have ever watched an adult try to give up smoking, you know how hard it can be. It`s easier, healthier and cheaper never to start.

ALCOHOL

Another poison of many young people is alcohol. Remember, alcohol is drug. It makes you sick, and you can become addicted to it. It`s very common form of drug abuse among teenagers. Don`t let anyone at a party pressure you into drinking if you don`t want to, especially if you are legally under age.

For years we have been told not to drive after we have drunk alcohol, which weakens our sense and clouds our judgment. And yet people still do. Young people, who are drunk are less likely to wear their seat belts, and are less experienced when a problem occurs. The alcohol makes them think they are brilliant drivers and can take risks without getting hurt. But, more importantly, they become a risk to other drivers and pedestrians- potential killers. If they do have an accident, the alcohol in their body will make treatment of an injury more difficult.

Alcohol drinks are made up chiefly of water and ethanol, which is an alcohol produced by fermenting fruits, vegetables or grain. Beer is about one part ethanol to 20 parts water.

DRUGS

Cocaine.

In 1997, an estimated 1.5 million people abused cocaine in the USA. Both short- and long-term use of cocaine has been associated with damage to the heart, the brain, the lungs, and the kidneys.

Club drugs.

Ecstasy. This is a stimulant and hallucinogen used to improve mood and to maintain energy, often for all-night dance parties. Long-term use may cause damage to the brain`s ability to regulate sleep, pain, memory.

Annual Check-up

I think that everybody wants to be healthy and live long and happy life. But it isn’t very easy in our modern world. Air and water pollution, greenhouse effect and many other facts badly influence on our health. To be healthy we should eat right food, regularly pay visits to doctors and of course go in for sports. Nowadays we have a great amount of different doctors and they can really help us. But we have more and more diseases. AIDS, different allergies, asthma, bronchitis, cancer, diabetes, fever, malaria, measles, pneumonia and etc. We just can catch a cough and we will sneeze, shiver, have problems with swallowing, high temperature. And even this cold can lead to much more serious diagnosis and finally we can become bed-ridden. And if you realize that you feel really unwell, you should call to ambulance immediately. So if we have regular check-up we will avoid any of these illnesses. I always try to do my annual check-up carefully to prevent any complications. At first I fix an appointment and pay a visit to my general practitioner to know about my common state. Then I go to surgeon, optician, ear, nose, throat doctor, do my fluorography. I always consult with doctor about my health. And usually everything is all right. But everything can happen. And if something is wrong, the doctor will inspect you and make a diagnosis. Then you will take some remedies, pills, mixtures, maybe ointments. And soon you will recover. But if everything is bad, maybe you will need an operation. Sometimes people break their legs, arms or something else. And if it happened to you, you need an X-ray. Maybe you will use crutches for some time. So everybody should be careful and take care of health and of course do annual check-up.