Are you struggling with wanting to give up smoking but finding it just too difficult? A new trial is offering support to people in Byron Shire and surrounding areas.

Statistics show too many Tasmanians are fat and unhealthy compared to interstate populations and politicians on the island want to make a change and will start by targeting smokers.

The days of having a cigarette with your coffee at cafes across New South Wales will end next month. But smokers in Lismore have already been subjected to bans since 2012 and Dragonfly Cafe manager Lisa Yacopetti says customers have responded positively.

Two-thirds of Australia's 2.7 million smokers can expect to die from their habit, and the more they smoke, the higher their risk of an early death.

Smoking will be outlawed across NSW's national parks from Thursday under changes introduced by the Baird government.