No smoking day 2010

4 Jan 2010

No Smoking Day is 10th March 2010 

No Smoking Day is a long-established and effective health awareness campaign. It aims to help smokers who want to quit by providing them with the opportunity to do so in a supportive environment. The campaign emphasises the benefits of quitting, gives information about the available help and produces posters, leaflets and promotional materials.

Many schools have taken part in the campaign since the first No Smoking Day in 1984. The day is an ideal time to remind pupils, staff and parents of the huge risks and disadvantages of smoking and of the help available to stop.

The 2010 theme “break free” underlines the addictive nature of smoking and encourages smokers to try for a smokefree future.

The website has all the information you need to plan activities, with lots of free resources to download including a guide to using the campaign in schools, sample lesson plans for KS2 and KS3, puzzles, quizzes and fact sheets.