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No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day in the United Kingdom which is intended to help smokers who want to quit smoking. The first No Smoking Day was on Ash Wednesday [2] in 1984, [3] and it now takes place on the second Wednesday in March. Each year, the campaign is promoted with a theme in the form of a short phrase.
On 16 November 2004, a Public Health white paper proposed a smoking ban in almost all public places in England and Wales. Smoking restrictions would be phased in, with a ban on smoking in NHS and government buildings by 2006, in enclosed public places by 2007, and pubs, bars and restaurants (except pubs not serving food) by the end of 2008. [4]
ASH Wales is a smoking cessation and health charity that began in 1976 as an autonomous branch of ASH UK, and later gained independent charity status in 2007. [35] Its aim is to reduce the prevalence of smoking across Wales by identifying and addressing influential factors, increasing public awareness, and improving the quality and reach of ...
Britain's King Charles III has confirmed plans are in the works on a bill that would ban anyone born in 2009 or later from ever being able to buy cigarettes.
Users of the service say they could not have quit smoking without the support of the programme.
The UK’s 2007 ban on smoking indoors in public places was impactful partly because it vastly reduced children’s exposure to second-hand smoke, a cause even the most committed smoker could get ...
The bill was supported by health organisations, [16] including Cancer Research UK, Action on Smoking and Health and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. [17] In an August 2024 YouGov poll, 61% of UK adults supported the efforts to phase out smoking by banning it for people born after 1 January 2009, while 27% opposed it. 81% supported ...
These are more targeted towards younger smokers than previous campaigns. The British government spent £31 million in 2003 as part of their anti-smoking campaign. [88] In 2005 the European Union launched the "For a life without tobacco" campaign in all its constituent countries to help people quit smoking. [89]