Making cents: Quitting smoking a burning issue every year

Every January, the same promises appear again and again on New Year’s resolution lists. New items, like “less time online”, might be gaining in popularity, but exercising more, losing weight, and quitting smoking are hardy perennials. They keep appearing because they can be tough to achieve.

If stopping smoking has been on your to-do list for years, but you are still lighting up, there is plenty of help this year.

Whether you have quit this year’s attempt or you haven’t tried, all smokers know they would be better off without cigarettes. From the smoking ban to increasingly graphic ads, at every term society encourages smokers to stop.