Bad habits vocabulary

A compulsive habit that can damage nails, fingers or skin and increase the risk of infection.

Consuming more food than necessary, leading to weight gain, obesity and other health problems.

Inhaling toxic substances that damage the lungs, heart, blood vessels and increase the risk of cancer

consuming large amounts of alcohol, leading to impaired judgment, addiction, and health problems such

focusing on the negative aspects of oneself or situations, leading to low self-esteem, anxiety, and depre

sleeping for more hours than necessary, leading to fatigue, lack of productivity, and poor quality of sleep.

getting addicted to social media, which can lead to procrastination, poor time management, and reduced social

not eating meals regularly or ignoring hunger cues, which can lead to poor nutrition, low energy, an

maintaining an incorrect or unhealthy posture, leading to back pain, muscle strains, and other musculoskeletal probl

not arriving on time for meetings, appointments, or commitments, leading to inconvenience, missed opportunities, a

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1.    I’m 16. I don’t smoke, and I never will, I’m sure of that. I hate the smell of _______ smoke.

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2.    I’m 19. I started smoking but I managed to _______. It’s a matter of will-power.

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3.    I can’t understand drug addicts; they are wasting their lives, and they could ______ if they wanted to.

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4. It’s the same thing with diet. If you know certain foods are _______ for you, just don’t eat them.

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5.    _______ by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight.

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6. I know some people have stopped smoking after being treated with acupuncture or _________.

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Drinking

1.    I’m 16. I’m not _________ about drink; I have a glass of wine now and then, but I’m not very keen on it.

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2. I do drink occasionally but I’ve never been actually drunk. I’m not a _______ drinker.

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3. I know, alcohol is _______ to safety, health and morals.

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4. There are some families who have _______ on the table at meals as a matter of course.

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5. Here I want to say that anyone who serves alcoholic drinks to kids at a party is very ________.

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6. Much ______ can come from it. It’s unfair to expose other children to such drinking.

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7. In France they serve wine to minors and have the highest rate of ________ of any country in the world.

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8. It should be a strong argument against _______ drinking, even in families accustomed to it.