Smoking

Most of us have a pretty good idea of what the dangers of smoking are and what it can do to your health. However, it is well known that nicotine is highly addictive and many people also develop an emotional attachment to smoking and this makes it difficult to give up.

• Canstopsmoking (external link): provides advice about how to give up, staying stopped and finding local support for quitting.

• Smokeline: is Scotland’s national free stop smoking helpline. You can speak to someone about giving up smoking from Smokeline from 12 midday to 12 midnight, seven days a week on 0800 84 84 84.