Smokers urged to quit on National No-Smoking Day

Today is National No-Smoking Day and smokers are being urged to quit for health and beauty reasons.

The Irish Cancer Society said that the characteristics of "smokers face" are noticeable in half of smokers - irrespective of age.

The toxins in cigarette smoke are believed to affect collagen and moisture reaching the skin so that a smoker in their 40s could have as many wrinkles as someone in their 60s.