Cigarettes

Cigarettes are legal although you cannot buy cigarettes under 18. BUT

• Smoking damages your health.
• Cigarettes give you cancer.
• Almost half of all people who smoke will die early from lung cancer or a smoking related illness.
• Smoking during pregnancy can harm the unborn baby.
• Passive smoking can damage the health of non-smokers.
• Smoking is becoming socially unacceptable.

If you have started smoking the best thing you can do for your health is give up now! Nicotine replacement therapy (e.g. patches and gum) has been proved to double your chances of quitting.