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 marketing activities and engagement within our organisations.
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. There’s also a range of free quit smoking resources available on the DHSC Campaign Resource Centre to support ongoing quit smoking activity.
No Smoking Day is not just about engaging with smokers in our services and in our communities but also those in our workplaces. It’s a great chance to reach out to smokers employed by our organisations and let them know what support they can get to stop. For more information, advice and suggestions take a look at the Communications Toolkit here.
