The big ‘smoke free week’
“Knot on your life” will be a catch-phase around the country soon as “The Great New Zealand Smoke Free Week,” from June 30 to July 6, approaches. Civic ceremonies and school community activities will be on during the week, which is aimed at helping intending nonsmokers to give up and to promote the benefits of non-smoking among young people. The philosophy behind the nation-wide programme, a first for the country, is that smokers are nice people — they should not be “hassled,” but just encouraged to give up. Children throughout the country are being asked to “adopt” a smoker to help through the process of giving up and perhaps giving up something — chocolate, for example, in sympathy, with money that would have been spent on tobacco (and chocolate) going to a local charity. Chemists will carry forms for donations and pledges and will also sell “non-smokers’ survival kits.” More on Smoke Free Week next week.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860617.2.112.11
Bibliographic details
Press, 17 June 1986, Page 14
Word Count
159The big ‘smoke free week’ Press, 17 June 1986, Page 14
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.