title: Daily lifestyles in the fog and haze weather.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  China is being plagued by a large-scaled lasting fog and haze, under which people have to work and live. Therefore, it matters to do what we can to minimize the adverse impact of the fog and haze on individual health on a daily basis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Relative literatures on the fog and haze have been searched and reviewed. Particular attention has been paid to the literatures on the adverse impact of the fog and haze on the people's health and on the ways minimizing this impact.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Coming across the weather of fog and haze, appropriate measures taken can minimize its adverse impact on individuals on a daily basis. The measures included vitamin intake, water drinking, air cleaning indoors, stay-at-home, and mask wearing outdoors. These measures are simple and proven effective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simple and effective measures seem to be sufficient to minimizing the adverse impact of the fog and haze on the individual's health on a daily basis. Lifestyle changes, awareness of environment protection, energy conservation, and new and clean energy use are ultimate ways to curb the air pollution and reduce the occurrence of the fog and haze.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
authors.forename: Dong-Ping
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: He
keywords: Lifestyle modifications; air pollution; fog and haze, PM2.5