Healthy Living: National No Smoking Day Wednesday 8th March
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 3rd March 2023
ASH toolkit and Pharmacy Poster available to support the campaign
In preparation for No Smoking Day on Wednesday 8 March 2023, ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) has created a new communications toolkit to support local quit smoking activity.
The theme for No Smoking Day this year is brain health and the link between smoking and dementia. ASH has been working with Alzheimer’s Research UK in development of the toolkit whose research demonstrates low awareness amongst smokers of the increased risk of dementia caused by smoking. The campaign will encourage smokers to ‘never give up giving up’ and signpost them to the NHS Better Health Quit Smoking website which includes a wealth of information and support to help smokers on their quitting journey.
ASH will launch their PR and social media activity on 22 February, running through to No Smoking Day on 8 March. Additional materials will be added to the toolkit in the next few weeks including the national press release along with a video featuring a dementia expert.
Pharmacies can order a range of free quit smoking resources from the Campaign Resource Centre to support ongoing quit smoking activity.
A Pharmacy poster can be downloaded or you can order a printed copy from the campaign resource centre.
Any queries or examples of No Smoking Day activity directly to ASH: enquiries@ash.org.uk