BAT's excise tax last year was worth as much as the government reaped from all 16 state-owned enterprises.

Soft drink makers have been compared to drug dealers by an expert in addictions.

Prime Minister John Key has admitted that enforcing plain packaging on cigarette packets was not a "slam-dunk" policy due to the risk of legal challenges from tobacco giants

NZ should be phasing out tobacco, and cigarette exports should be banned not increased...