National No Smoking Day
National No Smoking Day 2018 will be observed on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
This annual health awareness day, celebrated in the United Kingdom, provides smokers with the resources they need to quit once and for all. An accompanying social media campaign, as well as a handy support line to answer any questions.
National No Smoking Day began on Ash Wednesday, March 7, 1984. It has since been moved to the second Wednesday in March and occurs annually in the United Kingdom.
The campaign's main goal is to help smokers quit by providing resources and, in more recent years, a sense of community through social media.
Each year National No Smoking Day has a theme. In 2010 is was 'Break Free', encouraging long time smokers to cut the proverbial chains they were bound in through cigarette addiction. The theme for 2018 is '#TellUsYourWay', which encourages smokers to share how they curbed their addiction.
According to a 2009 study by GfK NOP, one in every 10 smokers quit smoking on National No Smoking Day. In 2011, they found that a total of 225,000 smokers in London and the South East had quit smoking on No Smoking Day.
Learning Zones
The Learning Zones are an educational resource for healthcare professionals that provide medical information on the epidemiology, pathophysiology and burden of disease, as well as diagnostic techniques and treatment regimens.
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