'The feeling that I do not need to smoke is amazing': Charleville man urges smokers to get help to quit

Krok (Bart) Przemyslaw, a 32-year-old who lives in Charleville, Co Cork, is a case study for the new HSE quit smoking campaign.

A man living in Charleville, who cut 20 minutes from his marathon time after quitting smoking, has urged other smokers to get help this year.

Almost twice as many people used the HSE Quit service in the first three months of last year, at 16,508, as during all of 2021 at just 8,601, new figures show. About half had stopped already by the end of the course.