Duncan Bannatyne appointed first President of No Smoking Day
Howard Lake | 7 November 2008 | News
Entrepreneur and anti-tobacco campaigner Duncan Bannatyne OBE has become the first President of the charity No Smoking Day.
He will support the charity by encouraging businesses to support the campaign as well as acting as spokesperson for No Smoking Day.
No Smoking Day 2009 takes place on 11 March and is the 26th annual campaign.
Bannatyne, who has a clause in his will disinheriting any of his children who take up smoking, said: “The campaign message is ‘take the first step’. If, by supporting No Smoking Day, I can help one person to take a step towards quitting then I believe that my role as President will have been worthwhile”.
No Smoking Day is organised by a charity of the same name run by four full-time staff. The charity says that last year 1.2 million smokers gave up smoking on No Smoking Day.
www.nosmokingday.org.uk
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