The younger you start smoking, the more damage your body will suffer when you get older.

Want to quit?

Contact your local NHS stop-smokingservices or call the NHS Smoking Helpline on 0300 123 1014 (7am to 11pm)

8 reason to quit smoking

1 You’ll be healthier and less out of breath because smoking decreases your lung capacity.

2 You’ll save yourself a fortune. The average smoker spends an average of £27.54 a week which works out at over an astonishing £90,000 in an average lifetime on cigarettes.

3 You’ll look better. Chemicals in cigarettes restrict blood flow to your skin. Smokers have more wrinkled and saggy faces by the time they’re in their mid-20s.

4 Quitting helps save the planet.

5 Someone who starts smoking at 15 is three times more likely to die from cancer than someone who starts smoking in their mid-20s.

6 The younger you start smoking, the more damage there will be to your body as an adult. Read more about the dangers of teen smoking.

7 Female smokers reduce their fertility and increase their chances of miscarriage, cervical cancer and complications during pregnancy and delivery. Smokers’ babies are also more at risk of cot death.

8 Not smoking will make you instantly more attractive as most people prefer kissing non-smokers.