Smoking

Is the government swapping one bad habit for another by encouraging smokers to move to vaping, as a way of curing their addiction?  Audio

Subsidised vaping products are being touted as the key to helping Aotearoa reach its ambitious target of being smokefree by 2025. Video, Audio

How close are we to the target of Smokefree by 2025? Recent reports suggest not that close. In a piece on Newsroom Anna Rawhiti-Connell argues our shaming of smokers is not an effective tactic. Audio

There's a proposal in the UK to raise the smoking age to 21. A health expert says the most vital element for lowering smoking rates is to prevent young people from starting in the first place. Ben… Audio

Reformed smokers: How did you stop? Tips please. Audio

Anti-smoking groups are hoping the government will be bold as it figures out how meet the goal of making New Zealand smokefree by 2025. On current trends the target set by the National-led government… Audio

While the Government has dismissed Philip Morris's appeal for tax breaks on its smoke free products can we expect more aggressive marketing from cigarette manufacturers of its vape products ? Kathryn… Audio

Wellington beaches may soon be smoke and vape-free if city councillors pass a proposed plan to ban smoking along the coast. It's part of the council's commitment to having no more than 5 percent of… Audio

In order to meet the Smokefree 2025 goal, about 17,000 more people need to quit per year than are at the moment. Was a target this ambitious always going to fail? Audio

New research has found that despite tobacco companies saying they're helping create a smoke-free future, products are being made to target new markets.  Audio

The World Health Organisation has launched a campaign to crackdown on smoking in the Pacific by engaging with businesses. Audio

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters told Morning Report the goal to be smokefree by 2025 is meaningless and dairy owners have suffered violent attacks due to continued price hikes. Action on Smoking… Audio

Health advocates are calling for the Government to be more aggressive pushing alternatives to cigarettes if it wants to hit the 2025 smoke-free target.  Audio

An University of Otago study into a prison smoking ban has found that half of prisoners continue to smoke in jail. While even more actually take up smoking while they're inside. Audio