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Smoking ban 'best news ever' - nzherald readers react
A threat to ban smokers from Auckland's top DHB splits nzherald readers.
Garth George: Smoke ban won't set inmates free
Smoking - like overeating - can't be stopped merely by the will of authority.
Auckland smokers face street ban
One of NZ's major employers is looking at refusing to hire smokers, and an Auckland city ban...
New alert over drug to quit smoking
Researchers have issued a new caution over the use of Champix quit-smoking tablets.
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.
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
It's the developing world, not the West, which now consumes most of the world's cigarettes.
Tobacco wars heat up in Australia
The tobacco industry is squaring off for another bruising round in its war against the federal Government.
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.
NZ to spearhead global smokefree push
New Zealand health experts are leading a push to make the world largely smokefree by 2040.
University to begin trials of natural quit-smoking drug
Researchers hope link to New Zealand native plant will boost appeal to Maori smokers