An Australian legal victory could pave the way for plain packaging in other countries.

A tobacco company claims its rival is selling a product illegally.

Are incentives to get people to quit smoking be the answer? Research suggest it may help.

Exposure to cigarettes in the womb affects a woman's eggs, researchers claim.

Calls for tighter regulations on E-cigarettes - including a minimum purchasing age of 21.

Seven patients injured themselves while having a smoke at Waikato Hospital.

COMMENT: Smokers aren't lepers. We don't even treat lepers as badly as we treat smokers.

COMMENT: Smoking trend in NZ is fortunately on the downward slope, writes Barry Soper.

More than 80m Americans could be free to enjoy cannabis if a new bill proceeds.

Dame Tariana Turia questions whether we should pay GPs to gather smoking data.

The rate of smoking in Whanganui has not changed in three years - despite almost $1.7 million being spent to stub out the habit. A

Matamata residents look back on their memories of the Matamata Memorial Centre which is set to be demolished at the end of the month making way for a new multi-purpose facility. - Made with funding from NZ On Air.

SMOKE FREE: Rotorua Lakes Council staff Rachel Doelman (left) and Rosemary Viskovic with smokefree signage at Arawa Street bus stop.PHOTO/SUPPLIED

Doctors have expressed concern that the changes could undermine the relationship between women and their GPs.

COMMENT: How backwards does that make us, to lag behind America in drug policy? Writes Raybon Kan.

A high-tech tobacco product launched in New Zealand by Philip Morris is illegal, the Ministry of Health says.

The financial cost of smoking couldn't be more stark in this image posted online.

An Auckland state house tenant has escaped eviction for growing and smoking marijuana for pain relief.

New Year’s resolutions and a 10% price hike are believed to be behind a massive surge in calls to the national telehealth service Quitline.

Watch NZH Focus: Quitline had its busiest day yet this week as the price of cigarettes went up again.

Electronic cigarettes could damage men's fertility through toxic chemicals in the flavourings, a study has revealed.

Students from a top Auckland college escaped suspension from school after being caught using drugs.

Quitline has revealed the top reasons New Zealanders who contacted them decided to give up smoking in 2016.

Tobacco companies are flouting ad bans by rewarding retailers who push products using a specific sequence of magic words.

Psychology experts warn cigarettes contain 4,000 chemicals that wreak havoc on your brain.

Study finds behavioural, social or cultural influences are important in maintaining smoking behaviour for Maori/Pacific females.

COMMENT: We can only ban behaviours that result in actual harm to people.

A businessman at the centre of a kidnapping and violence trial has admitted using methamphetamine with his alleged captors.

BIG READ: In the US, banks willing to provide services to cannabis companies are still hard to find.

The newest quick fix to staying slim could be vaping electronic cigarettes, according to New Zealand researchers.