Tobacco Industry
Smokefree 2025 goal all but up in smoke
More than 80,000 Kiwi smokers need to quit their habit before the end of the year to meet the Smokefree 2025 goal, but a public health professor says there's no chance. Audio
Eric Crosbie: why NZ was slow to adopt plain-packaging laws
New research published in the New Zealand Medical journal shows the previous government was very slow in implementing plain-packaging laws for tobacco products. Dr Eric Crosbie at the University of… Audio
E-cigarettes: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
New Zealand's about to change the law so people can legally buy e-cigarettes containing nicotine here. This Way Up reviews the current state of our knowledge about the safety of the vaping and the… Audio, Gallery
Are "Big Tobacco" companies marketing cigarettes to teens?
A tobacco giant is trying to use freedom of information laws to obtain data from surveys of Victorian schoolchildren and teenagers revealing their attitudes towards smoking. Todd Harper is the Chief… Audio
Uruguay defends big tobacco challenge
Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, with a population of just 3.4 million. It's in a David and Goliath fight against tobacco giant Philip Morris, based in Switzerland and maker of… Audio
Big tobacco's latest attempt to sway MPs against plain packaging
Dr Axel Gietz is Imperial Tobacco's Director of Group Corporate Affairs. Audio
'Big Tobacco' fronts up on regulation of the industry
Brendan Walker is the Commercial Head for Imperial Tobacco New Zealand. Audio
Retail group accused of being front for big tobacco
Anti-tobacco group ASH is accusing a fledgling retail group of being a front for tobacco company interests. The Association of Community Retailers was set up last month to oppose legislation which… Audio
Professor Stanton Glantz
Hollywood: Glamorizing cigarette smoking, big tobacco manipulation of media image is not a recent phenomenon. Audio
