Smokers are in denial that their habit causes lung cancer and they should be offered tests that show their personal risk, a researcher says.

Smoking researchers say NZ's top priority should be banning smoking in cars with child passengers.

Mum was right: smoking is a filthy habit. But there's no need for it to be a dirty habit too, particularly when travelling.

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

Visible cigarette advertising displays will go within nine months following tobacco law changes, if public health officials get their way.

More than 50 per cent of Wellingtonians believe the Capital's 'Golden Mile' should be made smokefree, a study suggests.

A security officer sacked for leaving his company's building unattended to go for a smoke lost his bid for compensation.

Former Gisborne man Willie Rare could tomorrow be sentenced to up to 12 years in a Bali jail after admitting to a charge of possessing cocaine. He also admitted to buying a "bong" for smoking marijuana from the same people who sold him the

Smoking could 'virtually disappear' in NZ and many other developed countries within half a century, according to research.

Smokers wanting to quit have flooded the Quitline call centre with enquiries, following a 10 per cent increase in the price of cigarettes which came into force on January 1.

The Australian island state, which already has some of the world's strictest anti-smoking laws, is considering banning tobacco altogether.

Spain has become the latest country to pass an anti-smoking law for its eateries.

The first results from a study of 7000 Auckland and Waikato babies shows that 11 per cent of women smoke throughout their pregnancies.

A $5 million a year study has found that 40 per cent of the babies born in Auckland and the Waikato in the past year were "accidents".