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Kids improve second-hand smoke reports
Children are more likely than their parents to give an accurate report of how much second-hand smoke they are exposed to at home and in the car, a new study has found.
Tobacco tax cuts smoking rate: survey
The increase in tobacco tax in January may have pushed the smoking rate below 16 per cent, a survey suggests.
Regular price rises doing trick
Forcing up tobacco taxes every year is having an effect. It's hitting the price point for many smokers, galvanising their resolve to quit.
Marae fundraiser catalyst for quitting
Beeby Harding and her whanau are trying to raise $5000 for their marae by quitting smoking.
Sale speed not slowed with plain tobacco packaging - study
Plain tobacco packaging doesn't slow down transaction times for retailers, according to a study supported by anti-smoking groups.
Smoking used to 'reward' patients
Patients in closed mental health wards at Waitemata District Health Board are allowed out for cigarettes as a reward for good behaviour, a patient alleges.
Forum urges smoking ban
Bus stops, train stations and ferry terminals should be declared "smoke-free" from September, the Auckland Council parks forum has recommended.
Smoking ban in spotlight as judicial review begins
A former mental health patient, who was denied the right to smoke, believes allowing addicted patients to smoke has far more positives than negatives.
Council takes soft line on smoking
Beaches, civic plazas and on-street cafes will be made voluntarily smokefree across the Auckland region, under a draft council plan.
State register of tobacco sellers mooted
The Health Ministry said it was working on the idea of forcing tobacco retailers to be listed on a state register of tobacco outlets.
Calls for legal high boycott a 'knee-jerk reaction'
A legal high lobbyist says synthetic cannabis is a low-risk psychoactive substance that had not caused any death and was statistically safer than alcohol.
Synthetic drug makers dodge ban
New Zealand communities are battling to rid themselves of synthetic cannabis - with the Government's promised solution months away.
Dad, help me: I'm dying from the inside
A Dunedin father says he was tossed around his house "like paper" by his son trying to go cold turkey from the synthetic cannabis product, K2.
Kiwi's 'insane' smoking in underground mine
It was "insane" for a New Zealand-born mine worker to smoke in an underground coal mine in Queensland, a New Zealand coal mining industry boss says.
NZ push for anti-smoking ads
American-style attack ads that liken cigarettes to children's food treats spiked with shards of sharp glass are being promoted as an effective way to further reduce smoking in New Zealand.
Kids found in unsafe Northland drug houses
A 3-month-old baby was the youngest of 17 children found by police living in unsafe drug houses during the annual cannabis blitz.
Smoking time machine app
A new smartphone app that shows smokers how much cigarettes will destroy their looks has been developed to encourage people to quit while they're young.
Photos: The Smoking Time Machine
Using the new smartphone app from the National Health Service (NHS), we were able to see how these NZ celebrities might appear after 20 years of smoking.
Tobacco rise out of benefit increase
Welfare benefits will go up by just 0.61 per cent from April 1 because the Government has decided not to give beneficiaries any compensation for higher cigarette prices.
Doors slam on smokers
New Zealand's largest hospitals are asking job applicants to disclose whether they smoke.
Greg Dixon: Where there's no smoke...
It’s been more than seven months since Greg Dixon walked away from his favourite habit: smoking lovely, lovely cigarettes. Does he feel better? Maybe. Has he become a rabid anti-smoking fascist? Definitely not
Jim Carrey embraces life-changing health kick
Actor Jim Carrey has given up alcohol and cigarettes, and embraced a strict new diet as part of a life-changing health kick.
Brian Rudman: Stub out the peddlers of the habit
"What is the powerful hold international tobacco peddlers seem to have over governments around the world?" asks Brian Rudman.
$40 a pack to hit 'smokefree' goal
Forcing cigarettes up to $40 for a pack of 20 would achieve New Zealand's smokefree goal virtually overnight, important new research indicates.
Simon Chapman: Tobacco industry targeting poor
Simon Chapman says Big Tobacco is losing ground on plain packs but is homing in on less fortunate countries.