The Government was today urged to roll out more support services to help smokers kick their addiction as research revealed 90% of people would find it tough to quit.

NINE out of 10 smokers believe they are addicted or would find it hard to quit and those who tried to stop made around four failed attempts, research shows.

Sacked Fine Gael justice spokesman John Deasy could be fined up to €3,000 for defying the new smoking ban, it emerged tonight.