Top tips

Here's some ideas on how to help other people give up.

1. Ask people not to smoke around you. Explain that it’s unhealthy for you to breathe in their cigarette smoke
   
2. Encourage your family to stop smoking. Tell them that you care about them and you don’t want them to get ill.
   
3. If your friend smokes, tell them what it will do to their heart and lungs.
   
4. Get smokers to phone the QUIT helpline on 0800 002200 or visit the website at www.quit.org.uk
   
5. Or get them to go to their doctor’s and ask for help to give up.