Quitting

*In partnership with NiQuitin Get smoke free this New Year! The New Year is upon us. Time to start thinking about those blasted resolutions again. We make them year on year but it’s always a struggle to follow through. By February, the best of us are usually back to our old habits. Have you been […]

9 years ago

Is there anyone you know on the list? Smokers may be a dying breed but that doesn’t mean that they’re all the same. There are all sorts of people who can’t resist a quick nicotine hit, from yellow-fingered veterans to fresh-faced newbies who’ve yet to acquire the wrinkles of the old pros. The chances are you’ve […]

9 years ago

It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Almost nobody expects to become a full-time smoker when they have their first cigarette. And it’s rarely what you expected once you get there. Most smokers have considered quitting at some stage, with good reason. Here’s a quick round-up of the annoying realities of being a smoker. […]

9 years ago

Smokers may be a dying breed in more ways than one. Anyone who’s watched Mad Men will know that smoking used to be commonplace in offices, around the kitchen table or in a car full of kids. It just wasn’t a big deal. Over the years, health warnings and smoking bans have changed attitudes to […]

9 years ago

Brought to you by the HSE. Jack Kelly (20) is from Ballinasloe in Co Galway and he’s been smoking since he was 16. Jack has given up cigarettes for the New Year and he has written a “quitter’s diary” for JOE over six weeks to describe exactly what it’s like to quit smoking.  So here we are. […]

10 years ago

Brought to you by the HSE. Jack Kelly (20) is from Ballinasloe in Co Galway and he’s been smoking since he was 16. Jack has given up cigarettes for the New Year and he’ll be writing a “quitter’s diary” for JOE over six weeks to describe exactly what it’s like to quit smoking.  No amazing/saucy/juicy mishaps this […]

10 years ago