Modifiable behavioral risk factors Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) or chronic diseases are not spread from person to person. They are long in duration and tend to progress slowly. Many non-communicable diseases have common risk factors to which everyone – children, adults, and the elderly – are vulnerable. They include smoking, alcohol and drug use, low physical activity; they are called intermediate risk factors that can lead to NCDs. However, these are modifiable behavioral risk factors, i.e., when giving up bad habits, one can significantly improve health and reduce the risk of developing NCDs (Gbadamosi & Tlou, 2020). The experience of some developed countries taking vigorous measures to limit the prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases strongly suggests that the result is an increase in the population’s average life expectancy. Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease that often requires long-term treatment and repeated quitting attempts. Nicotine in tobacco is recognized as a substance that causes drug addiction. Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of respiratory disease; smokers have a six times higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD (Sim et al., 2017). Every 10th smoker develops lung cancer; on average, people who smoke reduce their lives by 10-15 years (Karthik, 2021). Smoking causes great harm to the body of a pregnant woman and a fetus (Lockhart et al., 2017). Children of mothers who smoke during pregnancy are often born prematurely. They usually have signs of hypotrophy, often get sick, and lag in development from their peers. The body of a person who drinks alcohol wears out several times faster than a healthy person who does not drink. The human brain suffers the hardest from alcohol, as this substance sticks together red blood cells in the blood, leading to blood clots (Woodyatt, 2021). Without exception, it affects all systems and organs, weakens the immune system, and leads to frequent diseases. Alcohol changes the structure of the genetic code of DNA – it contains information about a person and his descendants (Dugué et al., 2021). People who abuse alcoholic beverages give birth to children with mental and congenital disabilities. Alcohol use is a significant preventable risk factor for noncommunicable diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, certain types of cancer and cardiovascular disease, and injury from violence and road clashes and collisions. It has been proven that alcohol consumption in hazardous amounts to health is the cause of diseases and injuries, leading to significant disability, premature death, and other socio-economic negative consequences (Oladipo., 2019). Strategies for preventing and reducing dangerous alcohol consumption should improving legislative and regulatory information, treatment, and rehabilitation measures (Esser & Jernigan, 2018). It is already known that only public education is ineffective; legislative, regulatory and legal acts and mechanisms for their implementation, early diagnostic and effective treatment and rehabilitation interventions are needed. Drug addiction has a devastating effect on almost every human body organ, but the brain, cardiovascular and endocrine systems are most affected by addiction. Stimulants, euphoretics, depr