Editing Ash Wednesday (section)

==National No Smoking Day==
In the [[Republic of Ireland]], Ash Wednesday is National No Smoking Day.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0475/D.0475.199702180029.html |title=Written Answers.{{snd}}Cigarette Smoking. |work=Dáil Éireann |volume=475 |date=18 February 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714105641/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0475/D.0475.199702180029.html |archive-date=14 July 2012}}
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[http://www.imt.ie/clinical/respiratory/chronic-longterm-costs-of-copd.html Chronic long-term costs of COPD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610040128/http://www.imt.ie/clinical/respiratory/chronic-longterm-costs-of-copd.html |date=10 June 2010 }}, Dr Jarlath Healy, ''Irish Medical Times'', 2008
</ref> The date was chosen because quitting smoking ties in with [[Lenten sacrifice|giving up a luxury for Lent]], and because of the link between [[Cigar ash|ash and smoking]].<ref>
[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0225/1224241775710.html Ban on smoking in cars gets Minister's support] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111195104/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0225/1224241775710.html |date=11 November 2010 }} Alison Healy, ''[[The Irish Times]]'', 2009
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[http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2006/03/01/story213954161.asp 20% of smokers light up around their children every day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825204036/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2006/03/01/story213954161.asp |date=25 August 2010 }} Claire O'Sullivan, ''[[Irish Examiner]]'', 2006
</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]], [[No Smoking Day]] was held for the first time on Ash Wednesday in 1984<ref>
[http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/corporate/history.htm The History of No Smoking Day] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430111508/http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/corporate/history.htm |date=30 April 2009 }}, No Smoking Day website
</ref> but is now fixed as the second Wednesday in March.<ref>
[http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/organisers/faq.htm#whennsd FAQ: When is No Smoking Day 2010?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807065152/http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/organisers/faq.htm |date=7 August 2009 }}, No Smoking Day website</ref>