If people can be inspired by this campaign to give quitting a go, then hopefully we'll see smoking rates drop and with that a reduction in the illness caused by smoking.

The traditional risk factors for stroke are increasing age, being male - men have more strokes than women - cigarette smoking is a very strong one and blood pressure is probably the strongest consistent factor,

People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

If people are caught smoking in a building that doesn't have a smoking room, the building owner ideally must be held responsible too. This is the kind of confusion that must be addressed.

Something novel may be motivating those older people who do give up smoking - either they are really motivated to give up the habit or factors outside of their control are influencing the decision to quit.

The more times people try to stop smoking, the better chances they have of eventually stopping it altogether.