The three leading causes of death in the United States are preventable, the result of self-damaging behaviors and bad habits. A study of year 2000 deaths determined that nearly one million people — 35% of those dying — died from tobacco use, poor diet and associated physical inactivity, and alcohol use. All of these causes of death involve very preventable bad habits.
It's possible that many of those succumbing to self-damaging habits had made one or more attempts to change behaviors. Most behavior changes include initial failures. Even ultimately successful lifestyle changes often must overcome early setbacks, according to psychologist James Prochaska (Changing for Good, Quill Publications, 2002).
The self-damaging behaviors of smoking, over-eating, physical inactivity, alcohol and drug abuse, overspending, and accumulating heavy credit card debt are very difficult to change. The American Heart Association website (March 1, 2010) indicates that even with good smoking cessation programs, only twenty to forty percent of participants are able to quit smoking and stay off cigarettes for at least one year.
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