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Appalling images on smokes turning fewer off
SMOKERS say the new picture warnings on cigarette packets are less shocking – to the point that some find them humorous. In March, seven new labels replaced the original bleeding lungs, gangrenous feet...
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Quitters help bring down tobacco imports
NEW ZEALAND is importing less tobacco as the surge in numbers trying to quit continues. A report released by Statistics New Zealand shows a drop in the available tobacco products for the year ending...
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More females sucked into smoking young
QUIT LINE intends to keep the momentum going after thousands of people swamped the service wanting to give up smoking in the past month. BLOWING FUTURE AWAY: Bianca Nardella one of the many women who...
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E-cigarettes keep pushing for nicotine fix cartridge
ELECTRONIC cigarette importers are continuing to push for the right to import nicotine cartridges. Sales of Elusion Cigarettes, pictured above, increased 200 per cent in May when the government lifted...
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Why Maori must turn away from smoking – and how they will do it
MASON Cameron says his last smoke made him want to throw up. The 20-year-old Greytown builder had smoked for seven years because “everybody else did it”. Mr Cameron, of Ngati Ruanui, is just one of...
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Tobacco prices up 13.5% in the last quarter
TOBACCO and cigarettes have gone up over 13 per cent in price in the last 3 months according to the Consumer Price Index. The upcoming budget signals more bad news for smokers with Prime Minister John...
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Reluctant role model kicks smoking habit
MAORI singer Chad Chambers is quitting smoking. Mr Chambers (right) was at the presentation of Quitline’s new bilingual booklet, Me Mutu Tatou/ Let’s all Quit. “Young kids look up at me to be a role...
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Lower Hutt tobacco shop forced to change name
A HUTT business has had to drop the word tobacco from its name by laws – but it has not affected sales. The Discount Tobacconist is now known as the Discount ‘T’ retail or trading names using the word...
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