Advice and resources : Help to stop smoking

The effects of smoking

Smoking is the greatest factor in causing preventable illness and early death in both physical and mental health and it contributes to high local death rates from both cancer and cardiovascular disease.

The chemicals in tobacco smoke also interact with some medicines, including insulin, anti-psychotics warfarin and some anti-depressants, which can affect how your body processes them. You can read more in our Medicines and Smoking leaflet.