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DunedinApril 10

Call to stop vaping in smokefree areas

The Cancer Society wants vaping prohibited in smokefree parts of Dunedin, saying e-cigarettes don't send the right message.

DunedinJanuary 31

Census shows fewer smoke

Fewer Europeans, Maori and Pacific people are smoking tobacco in the South but Asians in Southland are bucking the national trend and opting to inhale.

NationalJanuary 1

Smokers inundate Quitline

Quitline was inundated today with calls from smokers seeking a fresh start to the new year.

DunedinOctober 11

Researchers quick to bat against tobacco lobby

A University of Otago researcher has hit back at comments by a tobacco industry spokesman who said plain packaging would not reduce tobacco consumption.

DunedinOctober 10

Plain packaging of tobacco backed by public

University of Otago researchers say the public supports the plain packaging of tobacco, but a tobacco industry spokesman says the research proves little about real smoker behaviour.

The MixSeptember 7

This time it's serious

The global tobacco industry - which barely flinched when New Zealand banned smoking in pubs and raised cigarette prices - is fighting back furiously against plain packaging. Geoff Cumming, of The New Zealand Herald, examines why.

NationalSeptember 4

Study shows plain packs reduce smoking appeal

A new study has discredited the tobacco industry's assertion that there is no proof plain packaging on cigarette packs reduces the appeal of smoking.

AustraliaAugust 15

Aussie court upholds tough cigarette laws

The Australian government has secured a big win over big tobacco with the High Court ruling Labor's world-first plain packaging laws are constitutionally valid.

DunedinAugust 7

Pride hurt over smoke-free name change

A 50-year-old Dunedin business name was stubbed out yesterday.

DunedinJuly 23

No buts, tobacco signs must go

It was D-Day for tobacco advertising yesterday, but the peace pipe will be extended to retailers breaking the new smoke-free legislation for a period yet.

EditorialJune 29

Stubbing out smoking

The Collins Dictionary defines pariah as "a social outcast". As they huddle on streets outside our workplaces, on footpaths outside our hotels and restaurants, and by overflowing ashtrays near our hospitals, airport terminals and elsewhere, it must be hard for smokers not to feel that the descriptive noun was invented just for them.

NationalJune 24

Tougher stand on tobacco

Health groups are banding together to call for duty-free tobacco allowances to be scrapped and for huge increases in the price of cigarettes over the next four years.

NewsJune 21

Link between smoking and depression: study

Despite the now well-known and far-reaching effects of smoking, more than 20% of Americans still smoke. Why? For many, it may be hard to quit because they also have depression.

NationalMay 31

Toot and shame car smokers: Turia

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has suggested drivers should show their disapproval of others smoking in cars carrying children by tooting at them and wagging their finger like Supernanny scolding a child.

OpinionMay 30

Nicotine addiction- said to be gold?

Peter Lyons explains why he has a soft spot for smoking.

DunedinMay 25

Tax on tobacco divides

A 40% excise tax increase on tobacco over the next four years will turn some smokers to crime, Dunedin people say.

DunedinMay 11

Quit-smoking aids not cure-all, expert says

Smokers wanting to break the habit should not put too much faith in pharmaceutical aids, smoking cessation specialist Dr Hayden McRobbie says.

NationalApril 26

Tobacco companies' warnings criticised

Cigarette companies are emphasising their claim that tighter controls are leading to an expanding New Zealand black market in tobacco after the Government's moves on plain packaging.

EditorialFebruary 27

Smoke and mirrors

Few people now argue with the proposition that people in enclosed rooms should not be able to light up, given their tobacco fumes are passed second-hand into the lungs of others present.

NationalJanuary 27

Smoke-free parks idea gains favour

Cigarettes could be stubbed out of Hamilton playgrounds and parks under a new smoke-free policy to be considered by the council in August.

NationalJanuary 18

Smoking surveyed in role-model vocations

A new study on the prevalence of smoking among occupations considered to be role models for children and young adults has revealed a decline in smoking rates, plus which occupations might still need support to quit smoking.

NationalDecember 20

Lighting up desire to quit smoking

A ground-breaking Auckland University study has found it is possible to smoke your way to quitting by using virtually nicotine-free cigarettes.

NationalDecember 18

Quit smoking surge expected at $15 price tag

A standard 20-pack of cigarettes will break through the $15 price barrier on New Year's Day.

DunedinSeptember 9

Pharmacists run out of patches

Nationwide supply problems with high strength nicotine patches has caused a headache for some Dunedin pharmacies.

The MixAugust 28

Taking aim at tobacco

In the year 2025 any smokers still drawing breath will find their habit on the edge of extinction. At least, that is the plan being promoted by "Aspire 2025" - a group of experts led by a professor of medicine from the University of Otago. Mark Price reports.