# Duncan Bannatyne appointed first President of No Smoking Day

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/11/07/duncan-bannatyne-appointed-first-president-no-smoking-day/
- Published: 2008-11-07T10:25:03+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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.

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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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