Simon Chapman says Big Tobacco is losing ground on plain packs but is homing in on less fortunate countries.

Coca-Cola says there is not enough evidence to link the death of an Invercargill woman with her excessive Coke drinking, despite a coroner's report that found otherwise.

An Australian TV star has caused opened a can of worms after being busted smoking while pregnant.

We don't smoke and pretty much no one we know smokes so if our daughter sees someone puffing away in the street she is captivated, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

Justin Bieber has vowed not to let his fans down after he was caught up in a smoking scandal.

Enjoying a coffee and some lunch in the sun this summer just got more pleasant for customers at one ground-breaking Whangarei cafe.

A judge has ruled a prison smoking ban is unlawful - a victory for career criminal Arthur Taylor, who challenged it in court.

Prison bosses have admitted that they expected riots when they banned smoking in jails last year.

An amputee says if it were not for synthetic cannabis he would have to take 27 pills a day for chronic pain.

With the price of cigarettes set to go up again on New Years’ Day, a new survey will look at how smokers are planning to cope with the hikes.

Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.

Researchers say young are vulnerable and have called for app stores to explore ways of regulating content.

Dropping a cigarette butt or chewing gum in Taupo could set you back $100 following changes to the council's littering policy.

University of Otago researchers say the public support the plain packaging of tobacco - but the industry says the research proves little about real smoker behaviour.

It's as if the creative team's brains exploded on to a whiteboard and they gave it to a junior animator and said: Make this, wites Toby Manhire.

Posters of a young woman smoking, displayed by a Kiwi clothing chain, have angered a health charity.