Stop Smoking

Smoking is the single greatest preventable cause of premature death and avoidable illness. It affects health directly and contributes to diseases such as cancers, coronary heart disease, lung disease and stroke as well as many others.

  • 9.4 million adults in the UK smoke
  • Smoking kills 2200 people in NI each year.
  • 320 deaths each day in the UK are due to smoking
  • 15.1% of men and 11.5% of women smoke in the UK (Census 2021)
  • 15% of men and 12% of women smoke in NI (NI Audit Report 2024);

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Tobacco is killing more people in NI than illegal drug use, road traffic accidents, suicides and AIDS combined. 15% of the population of NI are smokers with smoking causing 2200 deaths each year in Northern Ireland and 120,000 deaths UK wide. Approximately half of all regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit as each cigarette shortens the lifespan by five minutes, which on average shortens the smoker’s life by 10-15 years.

Smoking 20 cigs a day costs a person approx. £6188 per year. Seventy percent of smokers want to give it up but find it extremely difficult because of their addiction to tobacco.