There are a lot of good reasons to quit. One in two lifetime smokers will die from smoking.
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, chronic bronchitis, asthma and emphysema.
Smoking around others can affect their health too. For non-smokers, other people's smoke can cause lung cancer and heart disease. It can also irritate the nose, eyes and throat and lead to chronic coughing, phlegm pro-duction, shortness of breath and chest illness. Other people's smoke also increases the incidence of asthma attacks, especially in children. Women who smoke take longer to fall pregnant and are more likely to miscarry.