nzherald.co.nz - Smoking http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Smoking headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:16 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz New Zealand Herald - Smoking http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=321 Ladettes narrow life gap http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10631897&ref=rss "Ladette" lifestyles among young women are partly to blame for narrowing the life expectancy gap between the sexes, say experts.Latest figures from Statistics New Zealand show the fairer sex are living 82 years on average, four... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Editorial: Heat is on merchants of death http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10631828&ref=rss Maori Party MP Hone Harawira kept his word this week when he got stuck into a tobacco company executive on the first day of a select committee inquiry into the killer industry.Harawira, who said last September, that he'd "like... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:59:00 +1200 Turia wants tax rise to make tobacco too dear for young http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10631764&ref=rss Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia says she plans to ask ministers in the next month for a tax increase that will make cigarettes too expensive for young people to buy.She told Auckland Cancer Society chief executive John Loof... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Family tells of smoking death pain http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10631501&ref=rss The parliamentary committee probing the tobacco industry got personal in Auckland yesterday with the family of a Maori smoking victim describing the impact of his addiction and death.The Te Kiri whanau of Hamilton wept as they... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Remove tobacco from shops, says academic http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10631403&ref=rss An Auckland academic says smoking rates in New Zealand would plummet if tobacco products could not be displayed at shops.Dr Marewa Glover of Auckland University told a select committee today that progress in tobacco control was... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:02 +1200 Call for tobacco to be dealt with the same way as meth http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10630820&ref=rss The prospect of a black market springing up to fill the void of legal tobacco sales if the product is banned has been dismissed at a parliamentary inquiry.Many people and organisations have asked the Maori affairs select committee's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Marae under attack from smoking, inquiry told http://www.nzherald.co.nz/smoking/news/article.cfm?c_id=321&objectid=10630667&ref=rss Maori told the parliamentary tobacco inquiry today that their marae were being undermined by tobacco smoking and the associated early death of their elders."Our marae are under attack," said Kiri Potaka-Dewes, the chairwoman of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200