Video: Introduction to the Dr Chris Steele Quit Smoking Plan

Nicotine is, milligram for milligram, more addictive than heroin and cocaine.

Within 7 seconds of drawing on a cigarette, the nicotine is acting on the brain, which is why it is so hard to quit smoking.

Cigarettes are the most dangerous consumer product available on the market, and one in two smokers will be killed by them.

The nicotine, while addictive, by itself is not dangerous, but when you smoke you breathe in more than 4,000 other chemicals - and this is what makes it lethal.

But there are many ways to quit this habit. In this 10 part video series, Dr Chris Steele gives you tips on how to wean yourself off cigarettes.

This article was published on Mon 14 April 2008