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Sunny Kaushal: Vaping is running rings around cigarettes
OPINION: Dairy and business owners' group defends sales of vaping products.
Vaping nearly twice as effective for getting smokers to quit, study shows
"Cigarettes are really addictive because of the nicotine but it's the smoke that kills."
Vape and save, health group says
Vaping is promoted as a way to quit smoking and avoid the tobacco tax hike.
Govt announces plans to regulate vaping
New regulations are a step in the right direction, says vaping business owner
Ban cigarettes by 2025, Parliament told
Govt has also been told to put more money into promoting vaping and e-cigarettes.
Dairy owner: Tobacco giant 'treating us very badly'
Tobacco giant says it is doing what it can to help retailers, but shop owners disagree.
Experts at odds over benefits of e-cigarettes
Research on e-cigs' relative safety is lacking, Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ says.
Cash helps get nurse smokers to quit
Are incentives to get people to quit smoking be the answer? Research suggest it may help.
Tobacco sales dip 23% over four years
Sales of legal tobacco shrank by 23 per cent from 2009 to 2013, say researchers from Action on Smoking and Health.
Teenage smoking rate plummets
Smoking among New Zealand 14 and 15-year-olds, has dipped below 3 per cent for the first time.
PM: Tougher tobacco laws 'unlikely'
As new display rules for tobacco come into effect today the Prime Minister John Key has said it's 'unlikely' his government would ever move to an outright ban on tobacco products. The new regulations require retailers to ensure tobacco products are hidden
Auckland smokers face street ban
One of NZ's major employers is looking at refusing to hire smokers, and an Auckland city ban...
NZers want end to commercial tobacco sales - survey
The majority of NZers support an end to commercial tobacco sales by 2020, a UMR Research survey finds.
Teen smoking drops 30pc - study
A study shows a 30pc drop in the number of teens smoking - days after the Govt announced a $12m cut in funding for anti-tobacco initiatives.
Prisons to become smoke-free from next year
Department of Corrections bosses found taxpayers could be liable for lawsuits from prison guards exposed to inmates' second-hand smoke.
'Green light' worry in smoking test
It's billed as the test to scare smokers into quitting, but now some public health groups say it may encourage some to keep on puffing.