Temptations of Smoking, Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling

Young people may tend to indulge themselves with all sorts of things, but when they overindulge in one thing long enough, they may become dependent on it to the point of addiction. They may be addicted to smoking, drugs, alcohol and gambling for all kinds of reasons, including physiological and psychological ones. They may succumb to temptation as a form of escapism, or because of genetic reasons. This chapter will try to examine these temptations in terms of the forces at work and their effects on health.