Since 30 April 2007, enclosed workplaces and public places in Northern Ireland are smoke-free by law. Click here to find out more about the smoking ban.

A puff can be rough on your finances. A packet of fags costs about £5.50. That adds up to £41.25 a week and £165.00 a month if you smoke 20 cigarettes a day. It’s a lot of cash to send up in smoke. You wouldn’t dream of rolling up a few fivers and smoking them, would you? Click here to find out what else you could do with the dosh.

Everyone knows the link between smoking and cancer, and smoking and heart disease, but smoking can also give you bad breath, early wrinkles and skin problems, plus yellow fingers and teeth. In fact there are many different diseases and disorders that are caused, or made worse, by smoking.
Click here to view the effects smoking can have on your body.

Your mates may encourage you to try smoking but in the end you have to make the decision and take the consequences. Your body and your life are more important than being cool or part of the crowd.
Click here to see some young people’s views on smoking.

Tobacco companies try all sorts of ways to get you to smoke. Films are a marketing tool to target the young and try to persuade you that smoking’s cool. Tobacco brands appear in films like My Best Friend’s Wedding, Charlie's Angels and There's Something About Mary. And even the cute little alien creatures in Men in Black smoked and made it look fun.
Click here to read how cigarette manufacturers go for your lips.

The reasons not to smoke aren’t all about health or even about you! For example, did you know that tobacco crops are genetically modified to increase nicotine levels and that smoking is the main cause of fatal fires in the home?
Click here to read some other surprising facts about smoking.