Quitting smoking can be a very difficult journey

Quitting means having to cope with withdrawal symptoms, including irritability, frustration, anger, anxiety, increased appetite and difficulty concentrating. Photo: AFP

Today, we celebrate World No Tobacco Day 2015, but how many smokers are actually going to give up puffing, even if just for a day? (Ed, are you?)

With this year’s theme being “Stop Illicit Trade Of Tobacco Products”, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries to work together to end the illicit trade of tobacco products as that market may account for as much as one in every 10 cigarettes consumed globally. It is a problem in both high income and third world countries.