The HSE is today launching new additional supports as part of its QUIT programme to help people who want to give up smoking.
The QUIT service provides a support team of counsellors over the phone, by email, live web-chat or via Twitter and Facebook.
It also features a new interactive website with an online QUIT plan.
People who sign up to the standard treatment programme will be tracked and supported for 12 months.
More information is available on the website QUIT.IE
More than 7,200 people signed up to the QUIT programme in 2014.
National Director at the Division of Health and Wellbeing at the HSE is Stephanie O'Keefe: