Almost 80 per cent of smokers in Ireland are keen to quit the habit, according to recent research. It seems that the Irish are more eager to quit than most of their European cousins with the percentage of Irish smokers who want to quit far higher than the European average of 67 per cent. Only Luxembourg had a higher percentage of smokers who want to give up the habit. The research, which was funded by Pfizer, examines attitudes to smoking and smoking cessation amongst 2,482 health care professionals, 20,010 smokers and 22,683 non-smokers across 20 European countries.