How much do you know about Smoking?

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If you would love someone to stop smoking, here are our 12 Top Tips for Success

No matter what you do you can't force someone to stop smoking if they don't want to. But if someone you know wants to make a fresh start you can try to make things a bit easier for them. Here are some top tips for helping with their quit attempt:

The sooner you stop smoking the sooner the risks to your health will be reduced. Stopping smoking at any age increases your life expectancy, as long as you stop before the onset of serious disease. Even if you have developed a disease, you can still benefit from stopping.

Stop smoking now and you will:

- Reduce stress
- Gain more energy
- Improve the condition of your skin, nails and hair
- Feel better

One in four smokers think that hand rolled tobacco poses less risk to health than manufactured cigarettes.

You may have heard that cigars, roll ups and pipes are a safer option to smoke. This is far from the truth.

Evidence shows that roll-ups are not less harmful, not more natural and if you smoke them, you're just as likely to develop smoking related illnesses as roll-up tobacco contains the same cancer-causing chemicals as manufactured cigarettes.

Cigar smokers have higher death rates from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and are about seven times more likely to die from cancers of the throat, mouth, larynx and oesophagus.

Research has found that roll ups are more likely to cause lung and oesophageal cancer as well as cancer of the mouth, pharynx and larynx.

The number of people who use roll ups has nearly doubled since 1990. In 1990 only 11% of smokers used roll ups compared to 24% of smokers today.

In NHS carried out research it was found that 57% of smokers used roll ups because it was the cheaper option. However 47% thought that hand rolled cigarettes are less dangerous than manufactured cigarettes.

Does smoking affect fertility?

Cigarette smoking can cause reproductive problems before a woman even becomes pregnant. Studies show that women who smoke may have more problems conceiving than non smokers. Research shows that fertility returns to normal after a woman stops smoking.

Can exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy harm the baby?

Studies suggest that babies of women who are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke during pregnancy may have reduced growth and may be more likely to be born with low birth weight. Pregnant women who do not smoke should avoid exposure to other people's smoke.