Nearly 114,00 people die in the UK each year from smoking

22% of GP’s believe nicotine replacement therapies don’t work, and can be as addictive as smoking

It takes most people at-least two attempts to give up smoking

The majority of smoking-related deaths are due to cancers and heart disease.

Long term smokers reduce their life span by 8-12 years.

People who die from smoking are usually cause years of illness and distressing symptoms before they die.

If you stop smoking you will improve your health.

A quarter of people who live in the UK smoke, It used to be around half of all UK residents in the 1970's and a third in the 1990's.

Cigarette smoke contains Nicotine, which causes the withdrawal symptoms when you stop smoking. Symptoms can include Sleeplessness, cravings, anger, restlessness, hunger, irritability, low levels of concentration and a general feeling down feeling.

Heart disease is the biggest killer the UK. 120,000 people in the UK die each year from heart disease. Approximately 1 in 6 of these deaths are due to smoking.

There are also over 4000 other chemicals within the average cigarette, including 50 that are known to be carcinogens (causes of cancer) and other poisons.

30,000 people in the UK die from lung cancer each year. Over half of all cases are directly related to smoking.

Approximately 30 per cent of women who smoke continue to smoke during pregnancy

Smokers are 5 times more likely to develop deep wrinkles than a non smoker

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a lung related disease, this account for 25,000 deaths each year, about three quarters of these deaths are caused by smoking.

Adults who passive smoke have a higher risk of lung cancer and heart disease if they are regularly exposed to side smoke.

Smoking attributes to other cancers in smokers including mouth, nose, throat, larynx, gullet (oesophagus), pancreas, bladder, cervix, and kidney.

Male smokers can suffer from impotents due to the damage to blood vessels of the penis.

Female smokers can often have a menopause nearly two years earlier than non-smokers.

Smokers do not notice the smell of stale tobacco, but their friends and colleagues do.  The smell is described and unpleasant.

Smoking during pregnancy can cause a miscarriage, bleeding during pregnancy, premature birth and ectopic pregnancy.

Children who live at home with a smoker are at a higher risk of asthma, ear nose and chest infections against those who live with non smokers.  They also have more chance of developing serious illnesses later in life.

Children who live with smoking parents are more likely to become smokers themselves.

This time next year you will have saved at-least £1200 if you saved all your money you would have spent on cigarettes.

In the UK specialist NHS 'Stop Smoking Clinics' are available to help people who find it harder than most to quit.