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'Obsessed with things no one cares about': Is Govt distracted from its main priorities?
Smoking has been an issue for the Government - but did anyone ask them to focus on it?
Smoking has been an issue for the Government - but did anyone ask them to focus on it?
Christopher Luxon has admitted his sister-in-law works for a tobacco company.
Luxon is learning government is sometimes distractions strung together.
Costello rejects claims she specifically sought out advice on freezing tobacco excise tax.
Costello rejects claims she specifically sought out advice on freezing tobacco excise tax.
Government ministers are asked to disclose tobacco industry links, what you can no longer put in your recycling bins and Air New Zealand's impact on our economy in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZHerald
A leaked document indicated the NZ First MP had asked for advice on an excise tax freeze.
Tūhura Otago Museum says showcase will deliver timely warning to young people.
Former Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said Costello needed to clear the air.
OPINION: NZ has recently had some of the most dramatic decreases in smoking in the world.
Ten per cent of Kiwi adults vape daily, with rates highest among young people.
Parliament works under urgency while protests take over its lawns, safety concerns after mega-ferries project gets scrapped and why Israel’s becoming increasingly isolated on the world stage in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / AP / Getty / NZHerald
Severe thunderstorms batter the capital, experts look to alternatives amid the Government’s smokefree plans and how you could soon be getting Wi-Fi on a domestic flight in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / SailGP / Supplied / NZHerald
But tobacco control experts say they are unlikely to be popular or help smokers quit.
Youth vaping is dropping but wāhine Māori teen use is a concern.
OPINION: By next week, disposable vapes need to have nicotine limits and safety features.
By next week, disposable vapes need to have maximum nicotine limits and safety features.
OPINION: We're becoming an unwelcome fossil discovery with backward policies.
TikTok user has gone viral for starting a trend of quitting vaping.
Stop-smoking legislation would've been another Kiwi world first.
The flavours of her budding new business are "plucked straight from her own orchard".
PM Christopher Luxon says the comments are not helpful from a political leader.
And 'this Government is digging our people an early grave', says Te Pāti Māori.
Labour health spokeswoman Dr Ayesha Verrall has attacked the Goverments smoking policy, calling it disgusting. Video / Mark Mitchell
What the research says about how smoking laws impact the local dairy and the black market.
OPINION: 'I’d be interested to hear Peters' and Seymour’s plans to remedy these issues.'
The New National-Act-NZ First Government's smoking policy that repeals Labour's smokefree laws explained. Video / NZ Herald
The new Government's scrapping of smokefree laws has made headlines all over the world.
Coalition talks have cost National dearly.
"We're going to go from the leader of the pack to the tail-end."