Student Jack Tune, aged 16, of Beverley Drive, Bentilee: "I used to smoke, but I have given up, I've come to support a friend. I think it is a really good idea to help people quit."

Jake Nixon, aged 16, of Lincoln Road, Burslem: "I smoke 15-or-less-a-day. I've just come to get some information, I might give it a go. It's interesting that people are trying to help, it's good stuff."

Dan Pazir, aged 16, of Padworth Street, Weston Coyney: "I don't smoke, but I'm here to support a friend. I think it will help my friend and it is confidential, so people don't have to let their parents know they smoke."

Smoker David Silvera, aged 17, of HolliesDrive, Meir Heath: "I started smoking because I admired a character in the book Secret History (by Donna Tartt ), who smoked. I'm not addicted and I will stop smoking someday."