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Prisons trial carrots as alternative to cigarettes
Prison inmates are being given carrots as an alternative to cigarettes to help them break the tobacco habit.
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Smokers given hope of safe cigarette
Marlboro firm buys tobacco-free system that delivers nicotine without the harm.
![War on smoking moves to new battlegrounds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
War on smoking moves to new battlegrounds
It's the developing world, not the West, which now consumes most of the world's cigarettes.
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NZ likely to introduce plain tobacco packets
New Zealand is likely to follow Australia's lead on requiring tobacco to be sold in plain packaging, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia says.
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NZ to spearhead global smokefree push
New Zealand health experts are leading a push to make the world largely smokefree by 2040.
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Call for smokers to be offered cancer risk test
Smokers are in denial that their habit causes lung cancer and they should be offered tests that show their personal risk, a researcher says.
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Smoke testers call for outdoor ban
Smoking researchers say NZ's top priority should be banning smoking in cars with child passengers.
![Travel kit review: Clean Streets portable ashtray](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Travel kit review: Clean Streets portable ashtray
Mum was right: smoking is a filthy habit. But there's no need for it to be a dirty habit too, particularly when travelling.
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Tricky: Escaping the fog
Tricky's mother killed herself when he was 4 and an uncle spent time in jail for cutting off somebody's ear. Ahead of his Auckland show next week Tim Adams talks to the trip-hop innovator about his relationship with the dark side
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Britain: Lung cancer epidemic 'may have peaked in women'
The fifty-year epidemic of lung cancer which has claimed at least one million lives in Britain may have peaked among women, figures show.
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Call for cigarette display ban this year
Visible cigarette advertising displays will go within nine months following tobacco law changes, if public health officials get their way.
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Support for smokefree 'Golden Mile' in Wellington - study
More than 50 per cent of Wellingtonians believe the Capital's 'Golden Mile' should be made smokefree, a study suggests.