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Has the tax increase detered people from smoking? 2010-08-30
Demand for tobacco has fallen 15 per cent at supermarkets since the tax rise in April - a far greater reduction than expected."It's extraordinary,"public health physician Dr Murray Laugesen said yesterday, commenting on supermarket...
Dramatic slump in stores'cigarette sales 2010-08-30
Demand for tobacco has fallen 15 per cent at supermarkets since the tax rise in April - a far greater reduction than expected."It's extraordinary,"public health physician Dr Murray Laugesen said yesterday, commenting on supermarket...
Prison ban could cause riots corrections 2010-08-30
The Government ban on prisoners smoking in jail could lead to increased riots and disorder, the Corrections Department has warned.But it noted that a long implementation period that included quitting programmes would reduce the...
Aussies with time for lung cancer victims - survey 2010-08-29
SYDNEY - Memo to Australian smokers: don't expect much sympathy from your compatriots if you develop lung cancer.Research has found Australians are the world's least sympathetic when it comes to patients diagnosed with lung cancer.Three...
No more cheap smokes for Cuban pensioners 2010-08-27
HAVANA - A programme that provided state-subsidised cigarettes to Cuban seniors is headed for the ash heap.The communist government announced yesterday that it is cutting cigarettes from its monthly ration books from September...
Tobacco firm denies YouTube marketing 2010-08-26
British American Tobacco (BAT) has denied claims it uses video-sharing website YouTube to market its products, as research released today from Otago University claimed.The study examined the video results for a YouTube search...
Smoking marketed on YouTube - study 2010-08-26
Tobacco companies have turned to video-sharing website YouTube to market their products, new research from Otago University suggests.This is despite the obligation in 168 countries to ban all mainstream tobacco advertising, under...
Police seek to find armed robbers 2010-08-17
Police have asked for the public's help to track two armed robbers who stole cigarettes and tobacco from a Hamilton dairy on Sunday.The young Maori men in their late teens or early 20s, held up the Holland Road Superette at knifepoint...
Big gains if tobacco sales end in decade 2010-08-13
New Zealanders would live longer if tobacco sales were ended by 2020, research published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal shows.Maori could expect a five-year gain, while the life expectancy of non-Maori would be three...
Study 'supports need to keep tobacco hidden' 2010-08-10
A study linking shop tobacco displays to increased smoking experimentation by young people reinforces the need to legislate the products out of sight, an anti-tobacco group says.After the Government previously refused to ban retail...
No smoking in school: China fights against tobacco 2010-08-09
BEIJING - In China, tobacco companies sponsor schools. Almost half of all male doctors smoke. And one wedding dinner ritual involves the bride lighting cigarettes for each of her male guests.China has committed to banning smoking...
Liberals deny involvement in tobacco-funded anti-Labor ads 2010-08-05
CANBERRA - The Liberal Party has denied it is involved in a tobacco company-funded anti-Labor advertising blitz, saying it would also consider implementing plain packaging.Howard Government advisers and Liberal Party strategists...
NZers want end to commercial tobacco sales - survey 2010-08-03
The majority of New Zealanders support an end to commercial tobacco sales by 2020, a UMR Research survey has found.The survey, for anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), asked 750 respondents if they agreed or...
Quitline defends its expenses 2010-08-01
A taxpayer-funded smoking helpline spends $200 just to register every prospective quitter.Quitline has received more than $40 million to maintain its "addiction counselling"services in the past five years, an Official Information...
Tobacco giant admits child labour link 2010-07-15
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been forced to admit that child workers as young as 10 have been subjected to long hours working on tobacco farms with which it has contracts in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan.According to...
Teen smoking drops 30pc, study shows 2010-07-15
A new study shows a 30 per cent cut in the number of teenagers smoking - days after the Government announced a $12 million reduction in funding for anti-tobacco initiatives.The Year 10 Snapshot Survey conducted by the Action on...
Anti-smoking initiatives hit by $12m funding cut 2010-07-14
Funding of anti-smoking initiatives has been cut by the Government by $12 million, with the agency that runs the successful Smoking - Not Our Future campaign bearing the brunt.While the Budget's tobacco tax increase will boost...
Aussies sound warning over prison smoking ban 2010-07-09
Prison officer Steve Burrows has vivid recollections of when they tried to ban smoking inside Brisbane's rebuilt Woodford Correctional Centre."That didn't work, that jail burnt down. It was severely damaged by rioting and fire."The...
Knife-wielding man robs Wellington service station 2010-07-07
A knife-wielding man made off with money and cigarettes from a Wellington service station in an aggravated robbery last night.The man entered the BP service station in Newlands suburb about 7.15pm and demanded the cash and cigarettes...
MPs'panel gets to heart of smoking 2010-07-01
Mohi Waihi is a 64-year-old Maori man with the heart of a 40-year-old woman.He had a heart transplant in 2005 after suffering five heart attacks, brought on by heart disease.Yesterday, the former heavy smoker brought his old...
Editorial : Smoking ban in prisons is over the top 2010-06-30
THE Corrections Minister, Judith Collins, has confirmed that smoking will be banned in prisons from July next year. The move, she said, would make prisons safer and healthier for staff and prisoners. As with similar initiatives overseas,...
Smoker takes heart to Parliament 2010-06-30
A former smoker brought his diseased heart to Parliament for MPs to look at today, just minutes before tobacco company Philip Morris'representatives fronted to defend their company.Mohi Waihi, a quietly spoken Maori man, told...
Cigarette crackdown already causing fights, says ex-inmate 2010-06-29
A squeeze on cigarettes is already causing fights in prison, says an ex-inmate just released from Waikato's Rangipo Prison.The Government announced yesterday that cigarettes would be banned from New Zealand prisons starting next...
John Armstrong: Smoking ban just Govt covering its butt 2010-06-29
The notion that the coming ban on prisoners smoking in the country's jails amounts to some kind of unfortunate resurrection by National of Labour's "nanny state"inclinations needs to be well and truly put to rest.Yesterday's...
Ending duty-free tobacco unlikely: Key 2010-06-29
Banning the sale of duty-free tobacco in New Zealand is not on the radar, despite urgings from anti-smoking lobby groups, says Prime Minister John Key.As tobacco excise tax and the number of no-smoking zones in public spaces rise,...
Inmates react to smoking ban with 'bash'threats 2010-06-29
Prison guards have been threatened with "the bash"when the ban on inmates smoking takes effect in a year, says the guards'union.President Beven Hanlon says the ban will put guards and staff such as tutors who remain smokers...
Anti-smoking group wants ban on duty-free cigarettes 2010-06-28
Anti-smoking group ASH is calling for the Government to ban the sale of duty-free cigarettes, TVOne reports.ASH director Ben Youda told the broadcaster that duty-free tobacco often ends up on the blackmarket. Mr Youda told...
Prison smoke ban could reduce crime, supporters say 2010-06-28
Banning smoking in prisons could reduce crime, says a Northland mayor, amid warnings that guards and inmates would face added pressures and need more resources to cope.The Government is reportedly looking at making prisons smokefree...
Should NZ prisons be smoke-free? 2010-06-28
Smoking looks likely to be banned in all prisons from next year.Corrections minister Judith Collins is expected to announce this week that a 12-month preparation plan will be rolled out that should see all prisons go smoke-free...
Call for cessation scheme for inmates if smoking banned 2010-06-28
A comprehensive cessation programme must be available to prisoners if smoking is banned in jails, the Rethinking Crime and Punishment group says.The Government is reportedly looking at making prisons smokefree from next year,...
Get out of jail smoke-free 2010-06-28
The Government is reportedly looking at making the nation's prisons smoke-free from next year. Corrections Minister Judith Collins is expected to announce a 12-month preparation plan, leading up to smoking being banned in jails...
'Insider'to give MPs lowdown on Big Tobacco 2010-06-28
The American tobacco company whistle blower who inspired the Russell Crowe movie The Insider is coming to New Zealand next week to give MPs the inside picture on tobacco company tactics.Dr Jeffrey Wigand was head of research at...
NZ smokers exposed to more tar than Aussies 2010-06-28
New Zealand smokers are exposed to much more nicotine from cigarettes than are Australians, possibly because of a preference for high-nicotine brands on this side of the Tasman.The results come from a tobacco industry study, which...
Online stores fall foul of tobacco law 2010-06-28
The Foodtown and Woolworths supermarket chains will remove the words "light"and "mild"from cigarette adverts on their online shopping websites, after the Herald told them of an official warning against using the "potentially misleading"...
Tobacco expert shocked by nicotine level in NZ cigs 2010-06-28
Jeffrey Wigand, the real-life tobacco company whistle blower from the movie The Insider , is shocked to learn of the high levels of nicotine and tar to which New Zealand smokers are exposed.Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)...
Plain packs for cigarettes turn off teens 2010-06-28
Wiping virtually all branding off cigarette and tobacco packets could prove crucial in turning teenagers off smoking, a New Zealand study indicates.Australia is the first country to announce a plan to force tobacco into plain...
'Ban tobacco or slash additives' 2010-06-28
New Zealand should ban all tobacco, or at least regulate the hundreds of additives that go into a cigarette to make smoking a foul-tasting and "retching"experience, says tobacco company whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand.Such moves...
Prisons to become smoke-free from next year 2010-06-28
Smoking will be banned in all prisons from next year, the Herald on Sunday has learned.Corrections minister Judith Collins is expected to announce this week that a 12-month preparation plan will be rolled out that should see...
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