Paul, from Sheffield, started smoking when he was six or seven. Everyone around him smoked, including his mum and dad. He started pinching cigarettes and he was soon hooked.

Now 62, Paul quit smoking with support from Smokefree Sheffield. Years of smoking, rising costs and worries about his health gave him the push he needed to become an ex-smoker.

“When I started smoking, I had no idea about the harms. I was young and everyone around me was doing it. It didn’t take long before I was hooked – very quickly smoking a cigarette first thing in the morning became a habit for more than 50 years.