Better Together leader Alistair Darling has warned "there is no going back" if Scotland votes to leave the United Kingdom.
His warning comes after a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times suggested the Yes campaign was now in the lead for the first time, with 51% in favour of independence compared to 49% against.
Another survey, by Panelbase, put the No campaign still ahead by two points at 52%.
Last month, Alex Salmond's campaign was behind by 22 points.
However, Mr Darling insisted the No campaign was "in a very strong position" and he remained "very confident" of a vote against independence during a rally in Edinburgh on Monday.
He told Sky News: "Every voter in Scotland now has the opportunity to tip this referendum.
"A protest vote is not about electing a government for the next five years or so - this is forever. If we decided to leave there is no going back.
"The stakes are so high that I think the people in Scotland are focused on that and what it means for themselves and their families.
"I'm very happy with the way the campaign is going but not complacent. We have got another 10 days to go, but we will win."
Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who was joined by Plaid Cymru Welsh nationalist leader Leanne Wood on the campaign trail in Glasgow, said the momentum was now with the Yes campaign, but the camp would not be "taking anything for granted".
She said: "Independence isn't a panacea, nobody argues that it is a magic wand that is going to pave the streets with gold. We will have our challenges, our ups and downs, as all countries do.
"But we will be in charge of our own resources and the decisions that shape the kind of country we are - that's the big opportunity we've all got next week and I really hope we vote Yes to take that opportunity."
Supporters of both sides of the Scotland referendum are mounting a final push for votes before the ballot on September 18.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who spent the weekend with the Queen at Balmoral, will attempt to win over Scottish voters in a last-ditch attempt to save the Union by promising more autonomy if Scotland votes against independence this week.
Labour leader Ed Miliband is expected to join his predecessor Gordon Brown on the campaign trail, while Chancellor George Osborne has promised a "plan of action to give more powers to Scotland", including details of a timetable and process of further devolution from Westminster.
But Scottish First Minister Mr Salmond dismissed the devolution pledge as a "bribe".
He told the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland: "Are we expected to believe, after hundreds of thousands have already voted, that there's a radical new deal?
"This is a panicky measure made because the Yes side is winning on the ground."
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