Cheryl Sidenbar

Healthy lifestyles are tobacco free

“Healthy lifestyles” — we hear the phrase quite often these days and it seems to be used to refer to many different things. The World Health Organization defines healthy lifestyle as a way of living that lowers the risk of becoming seriously ill or dying early. Health is not just about avoiding disease; it’s about physical, mental and social well being and being a positive role model. Who are you a role model for? A young child? A classroom full of students? Your relatives? Your family?