Calls for a smoking ban in cars have been reignited by new research showing nearly a quarter of Kiwi youngsters are being exposed to second-hand smoke in vehicles.

An offer of a farm as a prize for smokers wanting to quit has sparked a complaint to Internal Affairs.

SkyCity's proposal to light up another smoker-friendly gambling area has been stubbed out.

What is the final straw that could help your friend or family member quit smoking? It differs for each smoker.

Researchers say level of nicotine may be behind lower-than-expected number of people quitting smoking.

E-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches at helping people to cut down on smoking, a study has found.

Parents of newborn babies are being told to wear smoking jackets and not touch their child for up to half an hour after having a cigarette - to protect the babies from smoke residue.

Yesterday, I had my last cigarette after 28 years. Giving up smoking publicly, and with my employer, is a double-edged sword.

Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed.

I am trying to quit the demon weed by joining the Herald team entering the nationwide Wero Challenge.

Listeners on Sean Plunket's nationwide talkback show can't have missed the growl in his voice for the past couple of weeks.

A female security guard grabs my arm and hisses, "No smoking! You can't smoke!"

The first university in New Zealand to go smokefree is urging authorities to stop people smoking in bus stops on its city campus.

Smoking is likely to be banned in family cars as the Government minister leading the charge to a smokefree society steers towards the first incursion into private space by authorities.

As smoking numbers drop and new statistics reveal it is no longer New Zealand’s worst killer, health workers are convinced we can eradicate smoking within just 12 years – much like we eradicated the southern saltmarsh mosquito, smallpox and polio.

Approval for a VIP smoking area at Auckland's SkyCity casino has prompted a High Court challenge over testing methods.

Duty-free cigarettes are in the firing line: good news for the Government's tax revenue but bad news for the dwindling numbers of smokers.

A nicotine inhaler which could offer new hope for smokers trying to give up the habit is already showing promising results, researchers say.

One of the world's largest tobacco companies has agreed to stop giving its employees free cigarettes following an investigation by the Ministry of Health.

The Cancer Society says Auckland City Council should introduce its ban on smoking in public three years earlier than planned - making the city smoke-free by 2015.

More Pacific Island countries are making moves to increase taxes on tobacco in a bid to reduce the high incidence of smoking - and related deaths - in the region.

New Zealand's target of having fewer than 5 per cent of the population smoking by 2025 is too hard and it will take "generations" to achieve, researchers say.

A Hamilton radio personality - sick of his fiance being leered at and heckled - wants action to address antisocial behaviour in the central city's plaza.