Go Smoke Free!
Tobacco. We can live without it.
National Non-Smoking Week
National Non-Smoking Week (NNSW) has been observed during the third week in January for more than
20 years. With a wide variety of activities and participants across the country, National Non-Smoking
Week is one of the most important events in Canada's ongoing public education efforts on controlling
tobacco-use. The theme for this year's NNSW is Where you work, live and play .... even better
smoke free. In 2006, National Non-Smoking Week will take place from January 15-21.
National Non-Smoking Week is truly a national endeavour, involving agencies and individuals working
at the federal, provincial/territorial, regional and local levels. Every year, thousands of people
across Canada take part in various NNSW activities sponsored by local health units, local and provincial/territorial
councils on smoking and health, health charities such as the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Lung Association, and provincial, territorial and federal
Ministries of Health.
Objectives
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 tobacco products and tobacco-use; and
- to assist in the attainment of a smoke-free society in Canada.
Weedless Wednesday
Weedless Wednesday focusses on the benefits of cessation and promotes the community resources available
to help smokers quit. It takes a "one day at a time" approach to quitting smoking, a concept appealing
to many smokers who may be discouraged at the thought of an entire week -- or lifetime -- without
cigarettes, but who may be able to cope with one smoke-free day. In 2006, Weedless Wednesday will
take place on January 18.
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