'Vapefree' public spaces being considered in Christchurch
Fifteen other councils have already included vaping in their smokefree policies.
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NZ set an ambitious target to reduce cot deaths. Three years on, no one knows if progress is being made
Experts say the rate of cot deaths in NZ may be rising after years of decreases.
NZ First leader snapped smoking on smoke-free campus
Winston Peters was taking a smoko at Otago University's Dunedin campus this afternoon.
Vaping teen nearly dies: 'I have the lungs of an 80-year-old lifelong smoker'
16yo spent 10 weeks fighting for his life in hospital, needed artificial lung to survive.
Up in smoke: Cigarette sales plunge by almost 200 million a year
About 2132 million cigarettes were sold last year - 193 million fewer than 2018.
Home detention for businessman in $537k tobacco tax fraud
An inspection by Biosecurity NZ found a container with smokes hidden inside boxes of food.
'Shocking': Major ethnic inequalities in breast reconstruction surgery
Minority patients are missing out on better quality of life and happiness after cancer.
Budget 2020: Anti-smoking group praises Govt for not hiking tobacco tax
Too often it is vulnerable groups that are hit the hardest, advocate says.
Quit Group vows to spend funds on anti-smoking initiatives
Quit Group will wind up in June once it spends the $2.7m squirrelled away.
Mike Hosking: What the fug? Govt way too slow on vaping
COMMENT: How has it taken so long to come up with such a vapid response?
Auckland principal on vaping: 'It's a huge concern for us'
"Literally every interval we are confiscating vapes. It's a huge concern," principal says.
DHBs offering fewer smokers help with quitting
Smoke-free campaigners disappointed at trend.
Dairy owners' fears as tobacco tax rises again
An automatic 11.46 per cent increase will go ahead tomorrow.
Heather du Plessis Allan: Why I'll vote for cannabis legalisation
COMMENT: This isn't a referendum on whether Kiwis should smoke.
Noiseworks guitarist Stuart 'Chet' Fraser dead
Noiseworks guitarist has died after a three-year lung cancer battle.
Tobacco laws prevent vaping crackdown
Outdated legislation for vaping and e-cigarettes are preventing a crackdown on them.
John Roughan: Where there's smoke there may be disinformation
COMMENT: Why regulate the marketing and display of vaping products?
Editorial: Vaping concerns are more than puffery
Editorial: Principals' testimony on the rise of vaping among students is a call to action.
NZ First breaks rank to oppose cigarette price rise
Winston Peters says the price rise will disproportionately "gouge" the poor.
A third of kids are vaping - principals
Schools and health groups call for quick action against vaping.
Alcohol causes more harm than cannabis, says addiction expert
The political focus on cannabis reform is drowning out debate on the bigger problem.
Rapper reveals staffer's sole 'occupation' is to roll joints
Snoop Dogg employs a "professional blunt roller".
Jonathan Devery: Vaping is our best chance to quit tobacco for good
Comment: We are an industry fighting back, but it not about stopping restrictions.
Could the cure to smoking be found in... smoke?
Compounds in tobacco smoke might ironically prove key to stubbing out the harmful habit.
Most vaping-related injuries linked to marijuana products
Black-market marijuana vaping devices could be the answer to what is making people sick.
Comment: Do you vape? It's killed eight people so far
Comment: Oils combined with THC or nicotine at high temperature are believed responsible.
Vaping on the rise in Northland schools, survey finds
The Cancer Society has released a survey that indicates more kids are smoking at school.
Nicotine-based vapes, plus patches most effective method to quit smoking
Nicotine-filled vapes could help people give up smoking faster.
'Green Fairy' provides homemade cannabis products to sick people
Experiencing the drug's medicinal benefits has some Northlanders backing its legalisation.
School census: Parents firm against cannabis
School census - another pointer to declining support for legalising cannabis?
Kiwi vape retailer says illness reports 'deceiving and misleading'
US officials are working to determine any connection between vaping and the illnesses
From hiking enthusiast to 'on death's door' within days
The doctor told the family the 20-year-old's condition was linked to vaping.
Tobacco sold to underage customers in Whangārei
Medical Officer: "Retailers are contributing to nicotine addiction by selling to children"