Smoking

E-cigarette companies, including giants such as British American Tobacco, have actively lobbied governments in New Zealand and Australia to weaken existing vape regulations while preventing the introduction of stricter ones

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has cut the excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs), as she aims to make them more attractive as an alternative to smoking

Hate tobacco and dislike intensely the way tobacco companies operate, says specialist GP and Māori health researcher Sue Crengle

Vaping has emerged as a potential link to heart failure - a condition that is becoming more common in younger people, a new study shows

Flavoured nicotine pouches are being promoted to young people on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram

The Coalition Government has tabled its bill to scrap Labour’s three-stage change to smokefree law, but hasn’t revealed what new policies it will adopt

A population health study released by Te Whatu Ora outlines some of the major gains made in reducing smoking in New Zealand in recent years and flies in the face of the new Government’s plans to roll back the next stage of the smokefree legislation

Supporters of the new government’s plan to repeal Aotearoa New Zealand’s smokefree legislation have claimed victory against “prohibition”

With smoking rates declining, some pharmacies are seeing individual patients buying up large quantities of the smoking cessation product Habitrol. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

With smoking rates declining, some pharmacies are seeing individual patients buying up large quantities of the smoking cessation product Habitrol. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports