National Non Smoking Week

National Non-Smoking Week (NNSW) has been observed for more than 20 years, and is an important event in Canada's ongoing public education efforts to control tobacco use.

The goals of NNSW are:

• to educate Canadians about the dangers of smoking;
• to prevent non-smokers from starting to smoke and becoming addicted to tobacco;
• to help smokers quit;
• to promote the right of individuals to breathe air unpolluted by tobacco smoke;
• to denormalize the tobacco industry, tobacco industry marketing practices, tobacco products, and tobacco use; and
• to assist in the attainment of a smoke-free society in Canada.

NNSW is celebrated every year in the third
week of January.

In 2006, health authorities throughout BC organized a variety of events to mark the occasion. Sample some of the activities (download NNSW 2005 PDF document, 38 Kb) held throughout the province in 2005. You may find inspiration to start planning NNSW 2007.

For more information please contact your local Health Authority

To obtain other free give-aways and resources, or to get some ideas for activities, contact Centre for Addiction Research of BC (CARBC) at www.silink.ca

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