The first step is to sign up. That way we can send you the latest updates on the campaign to help you organise your No Smoking Day.
We'll be there every step of the way with tips and advice to make sure that together we make this No Smoking Day the best yet.
No Smoking Day 2013 - Education and Young People
Poster competition - enter now!
- Get your school involved by planning a lesson where pupils aged 6-12 design posters around the theme of 'what would you do with £49' -
the money the average smoker spends on cigarettes per week.
- The winning poster will get their entry printed on a t-shirt, and the winning school will get £210 in vouchers - the amount the average smoker spends in a month.
- This competition is a great press opportunity, so use this template press release to tell your local
media all about it.
- Thank you for all your entries. Results will be announced in the run up to No Smoking Day, 13 March 2013.
Each year we help hundreds of thousands of smokers to quit smoking and begin a new healthier lifestyle. This year is our thirtieth
anniversary, and we invite you to join No Smoking Day with our 2013 theme: 'Swap fags for swag'.
Why swag? Because our focus groups told us that the cost of smoking is one of the main drivers for quitting. Health and family are also high
on the list, but the cost is what gives people the final push.
This year's campaign is all about what smokers will gain when they quit - as well as improved health, their wallets will also gets heavier, and they can spend
the extra cash on whatever they like - whether it's a fun day out for all the family, or a holiday in that place they've always wanted to go.
We think this year's theme is one you can really get creative with!
- Sign Up for exclusive organiser emails
- Get Organising! This year's No Smoking Day is on Wednesday 13 March 2013.
- Find all your No Smoking Day goodies - posters, leaflets, giveaways and more, in our shop.
- Keep wequit.co.uk in mind - our dedicated website for smokers, with a fantastic forum where people support each other to quit.
- Get inspired with top tips from Cecilia.
- Illustrate your event with images from our library.
- Check out what is available in our downloads section.
- Helpful resources for smokers.
- Our Swap Fags for Swag game for smokers is now live on WeQuit. If you would like to embed this game on your own site please read our how-to guide.
Valentine's Day – 14th February
Work with doctors to send out "valentines cards" to smokers ahead of No Smoking Day. The card might read "Love your heart and quit this No Smoking Day".
The card could contain stop smoking service details and encourage smokers to make a quit attempt on No Smoking Day.
Sports competitions
Hold sporting events where smokers make the swap from fags to a new healthy lifestyle. Or what about using Big Cig in a gym and have him swapped for sports equipment or
defeated by healthy ex-smokers? Big stunts will attract big publicity.
Sponsored quit
Why not encourage smokers to do a sponsored quit and raise money for their favourite charity? The British Heart Foundation accepts donations and helps millions of smokers
to deal with heart and circulatory diseases.
Kids' music videos
How about getting kids to create a music video about the dangers of smoking or the benefits of giving up? They could change the lyrics of a favourite song for example Paul
McCartney's Frog Song and record the result. A fun and engaging way to teach tobacco issues to children.
A leap of faith
Community support - Try working with different religious communities to support quitters. You could promote this year's theme to smokers from specific faith groups - a
great opportunity to talk about the effects of tobacco on the body.
