Dropping a cigarette butt or chewing gum in Taupo could set you back $100 following changes to the council's littering policy.

University of Otago researchers say the public support the plain packaging of tobacco - but the industry says the research proves little about real smoker behaviour.

It's as if the creative team's brains exploded on to a whiteboard and they gave it to a junior animator and said: Make this, wites Toby Manhire.

Posters of a young woman smoking, displayed by a Kiwi clothing chain, have angered a health charity.

Forget about intellectual property; Kiwis want the tobacco industry to wither and die, writes Liam Dann.

If packs can't be displayed, or advertised at all, what is the point of legislating for them to be 'plain'?

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