No Smoking Day 2009

EDM number 813 in 2008-09, proposed by Lynne Jones on 23/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Smoking.

That this House congratulates the No Smoking Day charity on its 26th annual public health campaign, which will take place on 11 March 2009; supports the No Smoking Day charity and its President, Duncan Bannatyne OBE, in their smoking prevention work with UK schools and colleges; notes that despite recent tobacco control legislation smoking remains the number one cause of premature avoidable death in the UK; and further notes the need for continued support of No Smoking Day, local stop smoking services and other projects aimed at helping smokers who want to quit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 80 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.