9 May 2022
World Smokefree May 2022 – We’re backing you! This year we are celebrating ‘World Smokefree May’, as part of a national campaign for Aotearoa to be Smokefree by 2025. ‘World Smokefree May’ will lead up to the celebration of ‘World Smokefree Day’ on May 31, in line with the annual international day created by the World Health Organization in 1987. The theme is ‘We’re Backing You’, with a focus on the team effort to support whānau to quit and stay Smokefree. The key messages focus on whanaungatanga and wrap-around support, who provides it, and how. The theme is matched with a three-word whakatauki; Taituara, taiwhare, taieke: with backing, even the tallest of oceans waves can be conquered. For local Smokefree information and support, go to https:// www.tehawaitaha.nz/ The Te Hā – Waitaha Smokefree Support website contains an intro to some of the team, as well as links and helpful resources for whānau, organisations, and health professionals to be connected and supported. Smokefree 2025 Aotearoa Action Plan The Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan was launched by Government on Thursday 9 December 2021. Guided by the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the plan has bold new measures that will support Aotearoa’s goal of becoming a smokefree country by 2025. This action plan sets out the actions that will happen over the next four years and beyond to achieve Smokefree Aotearoa 2025. Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal is for a daily smoking prevalence of less than five percent for all population groups. Outcomes from the plan include: 1. Eliminate inequities in smoking rates and smokingrelated illnesses 2. Create a smokefree generation by increasing the number of children and young people who remain smokefree 3. Increase the number of people who successfully quit smoking
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