The World Smokefree Day Group was set up in the late 1990s, and is a collective of mainly non-government organisations that work together to nationally co-ordinate World Smokefree Day. The Group hopes to strengthen tobacco control activities throughout New Zealand by helping different groups collaborate, and by providing local and national tobacco control workers with the tools and resources needed to spread the Smokefree message on and around 31 May.
World Smokefree Day Group members
The Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) is a New Zealand-based social change agency, marketing important health messages to New Zealanders. The Council has developed four health brands (Smokefree, Auahi Kore, SunSmart and Feeding our Futures) and promotes these through selected promotions, media and public relations activities, sponsorships and educational programmes and resources.
Te Reo Marama (TRM) promotes Māori tobacco control issues for the Māori community. TRM’s main role is to provide information to government on tobacco control issues. TRM also aims to highlight community-driven needs.
The Cancer Society of New Zealand, established in 1929, is a non-profit organisation, which aims to minimise the impact of cancer in New Zealand. Bequests, donations and other fundraising activities help The Cancer Society fund research into the causes and treatment of cancer, provide information and support for cancer patients and their families and create programmes promoting a healthy lifestyle to reduce cancer risk.
The Smokefree Coalition aims to reduce death and disease caused by tobacco, and is made up of 25 health and consumer groups including the Cancer Society, National Heart Foundation, Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, Action on Smoking and Health, and Te Hotu Manawa Māori.
Action on Smoking and Health’s (ASH’s) ultimate goal is a smokefree New Zealand in order to improve the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders by eliminating disease and premature death due to tobacco use. ASH is committed to preventing the uptake of smoking, reducing the prevalence rate of smoking, reducing the consumption of tobacco and to reducing the exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke.
The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand is the charity that leads the fight against cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease) through funding research, cardiac rehabilitation and promoting healthy lifestyles. Established in 1968, it is largely funded by bequests and legacies as well as fundraising.
Te Hotu Manawa Māori is a national Māori health provider that delivers services in Auahi Kore, Kai Totika me Whakapakari Tinana and Aukati Kaipaipa.
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation is a non-governmental charitable organisation that provides information, resources, advocacy and research on respiratory conditions. Established in 1964, it works alongside 23 affiliated societies throughout New Zealand and relies on donations, bequests, sponsorship and other fundraising activities to help people with respiratory conditions breathe more easily.
The Quit Group is a charitable trust formed by the Cancer Society, Te Hotu Manawa Māori and the Health Sponsorship Council to carry out programmes to reduce smoking in New Zealand. The programmes are funded by the Ministry of Health, and include the Quitline and the Quit Cards programme.
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