Alcohol and tobacco use
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- Sleep quality · Sleep quality describes how well a person sleeps, including how quickly they fall asleep, how often they wake and how rested they feel.
- Alcohol · Alcohol (ethanol) is a widely used sedative drug whose health risks rise with the amount drunk, including cancer, heart disease, liver disease and injury.
- Smoking · Tobacco smoking shortens life by about ten years on average, and stopping at any age recovers much of that loss.
- Cardiovascular disease · Cardiovascular disease is the group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels, mainly heart attack and stroke, and the leading cause of death worldwide.
- Mental health conditions and lifespan · Mental disorders are linked to about twice the usual death rate, mostly from physical disease, with the largest losses in substance use and schizophrenia.
- Adverse childhood experiences · Adverse childhood experiences are abuse, neglect and serious household problems before 18; more of them is linked to more adult disease and earlier death.
- Colon health · Colon health covers the large bowel and its main long-term disease, colorectal cancer, which mostly grows from polyps that screening can find and remove.
- Road safety · Road safety covers the causes and prevention of deaths and injuries in road traffic crashes, including driver behaviour, protective equipment and vehicle design.