The Govt is committed to the Smokefree 2025 goal - a low smoking rate of less than 5%. This is achievable.

Researchers hunting for the next blockbuster heart drug say levels of enzyme activity checked in their study can help to predict a person's risk of coronary heart disease.

The number of New Zealanders dying from strokes has dropped dramatically in the last 20 years, but it's affecting more young and middle-aged people, a major new study has found.

Cigarettes containing a very low level of nicotine can help people quit smoking, if they are cheap enough, a trial has found.

New Zealand scientists have unearthed what may be a main reason nicotine replacement therapy is not a failsafe cure for tobacco addiction.

The Government wants the tobacco industry gone by 2025 but defiant cigarette manufacturers claim they will still be going strong. Their slogan: "We can."

Calls for a smoking ban in cars have been reignited by new research showing nearly a quarter of Kiwi youngsters are being exposed to second-hand smoke in vehicles.

An offer of a farm as a prize for smokers wanting to quit has sparked a complaint to Internal Affairs.

SkyCity's proposal to light up another smoker-friendly gambling area has been stubbed out.

What is the final straw that could help your friend or family member quit smoking? It differs for each smoker.

Researchers say level of nicotine may be behind lower-than-expected number of people quitting smoking.

E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches at helping people to cut down on smoking, a study has found.

Parents of newborn babies are being told to wear smoking jackets and not touch their child for up to half an hour after having a cigarette - to protect the babies from smoke residue.

Yesterday, I had my last cigarette after 28 years. Giving up smoking publicly, and with my employer, is a double-edged sword.

Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed.

I am trying to quit the demon weed by joining the Herald team entering the nationwide Wero Challenge.

Listeners on Sean Plunket's nationwide talkback show can't have missed the growl in his voice for the past couple of weeks.

The first university in New Zealand to go smokefree is urging authorities to stop people smoking in bus stops on its city campus.

A female security guard grabs my arm and hisses, "No smoking! You can't smoke!"

Smoking is likely to be banned in family cars as the Government minister leading the charge to a smokefree society steers towards the first incursion into private space by authorities.

Forget their health, aim at their vanity - research suggests smokers who are told they stink are more likely to quit the habit.

The Herald on Sunday today launches a campaign to persuade New Zealanders to escape the shackles of the tobacco peddlers.

As smoking numbers drop and new statistics reveal it is no longer New Zealand’s worst killer, health workers are convinced we can eradicate smoking within just 12 years – much like we eradicated the southern saltmarsh mosquito, smallpox and polio.