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Complaint over $600k lure to quit
An offer of a farm as a prize for smokers wanting to quit has sparked a complaint to Internal Affairs.
Smoker plan snuffed out
SkyCity's proposal to light up another smoker-friendly gambling area has been stubbed out.
Quitting smoking: It's a numbers game
What is the final straw that could help your friend or family member quit smoking? It differs for each smoker.
E-cigarettes deliver mixed results
Researchers say level of nicotine may be behind lower-than-expected number of people quitting smoking.
Quitting smoking? E-cigs more effective than patches - study
E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches at helping people to cut down on smoking, a study has found.
How new fake cigs help smokers quit
World-first research shows trendy new electronic cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches in helping smokers quit - so, to the consternation of health workers, tobacco companies are buying up e-cig brands.
Andy Pickering: I know a trend when I see one
Not wishing to sound pompous, but I've never found it especially hard to give up smoking. I've given up quite successfully a number of times.
Puffing mums are toxic
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.
Ricardo Simich: Do I smell like a rose?
Yesterday, I had my last cigarette after 28 years. Giving up smoking publicly, and with my employer, is a double-edged sword.
E-cigarettes just as bad for you
Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed.
Russell Blackstock: Grip of the demon weed
I am trying to quit the demon weed by joining the Herald team entering the nationwide Wero Challenge.
Playing the quitting game
Listeners on Sean Plunket's nationwide talkback show can't have missed the growl in his voice for the past couple of weeks.
One puff they'll allow
A female security guard grabs my arm and hisses, "No smoking! You can't smoke!"
Smoke-free aim for bus stops
The first university in New Zealand to go smokefree is urging authorities to stop people smoking in bus stops on its city campus.
Cars next smokefree target
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.
Herald on Sunday editorial: Fighting an amoral industry
The Herald on Sunday today launches a campaign to persuade New Zealanders to escape the shackles of the tobacco peddlers.
Smoking: The endgame
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.
New strategy: Tell smokers they stink
Forget their health, aim at their vanity - research suggests smokers who are told they stink are more likely to quit the habit.
SkyCity smoking area tested in court
Approval for a VIP smoking area at Auckland's SkyCity casino has prompted a High Court challenge over testing methods.
Cuts planned to duty-free tobacco
Duty-free cigarettes are in the firing line: good news for the Government's tax revenue but bad news for the dwindling numbers of smokers.
'Nicotine inhaler' curbs Kiwi urges
A nicotine inhaler which could offer new hope for smokers trying to give up the habit is already showing promising results, researchers say.
Tobacco company stops free staff cigarettes
One of the world's largest tobacco companies has agreed to stop giving its employees free cigarettes following an investigation by the Ministry of Health.
Charity calls for swifter smoke ban across city
The Cancer Society says Auckland City Council should introduce its ban on smoking in public three years earlier than planned - making the city smoke-free by 2015.
More tax hikes to curb Pacific smoking
More Pacific Island countries are making moves to increase taxes on tobacco in a bid to reduce the high incidence of smoking - and related deaths - in the region.
Smokefree goal demands rethink - study
New Zealand's target of having fewer than 5 per cent of the population smoking by 2025 is too hard and it will take "generations" to achieve, researchers say.
Loiterers intimidating Hamilton locals
A Hamilton radio personality - sick of his fiance being leered at and heckled - wants action to address antisocial behaviour in the central city's plaza.
Tobacco victory goes up in a puff of smoke
Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has called a successful court challenge against smoking bans in prisons a "waste of time" because the Government has already changed the law to justify the bans.