Smoking can damage nearly every organ in your body, increase your risk of cancer and impact your quality of life.
Long-term smokers die, on average, 10 years earlier than a non-smoker. For every death caused by smoking, about 20 smokers are suffering from a smoking-related disease.
Second hand smoke (passive smoking) is also dangerous, especially for children. The best way to protect your loved ones is to quit smoking.
Smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK. Every year around 76,000 people in the UK die from smoking. This may be many more living with debilitating smoking-related illnesses.
The average cost of a packet of 20 cigarettes was £12.61 in 2022. Smoking 10 per day for a year costs £2300, over 10 years that’s £230,000.
Smoking in pregnancy poses a significant risk to the mother and unborn child. It can cause a range of serious health problems for mother and baby, including:
Read more about stopping smoking in pregnancy.
Ready to stop smoking? We're here for you.
Whether it’s for your health, for your kids, to save money, or something else, you're more likely to succeed if you get support. With the Newcastle Stop Smoking + Service, you get:
Refer yourself or call 0191 269 1103
Whilst vapes are not risk free, they pose a fraction of the risk of smoking, and can be used as a tool to help you quit, however:
Visit our vaping page for more information about vapes, how to talk to young people about vaping and the law.
The earlier you quit smoking, the more you are likely to benefit. Quitting will improve your health whatever your age and no matter how long you have smoked.
