Vaping
Highly addictive vaping device coming to NZ
Juul - which has become the biggest target for vaping critics, who say it's hooking children on nicotine and creating a new generation of addicts - has revealed it wants to launch in New Zealand… Audio
Big Tobacco ‘subsidising’ e-cigarettes for Māori
Tobacco giant Philip Morris is targeting Māori with its new e-cigarette, selling the device to them at half price and going to places with high Māori populations to promote it. Guyon Espiner… Video, Audio
Is vaping the answer to New Zealand’s ‘smoke-free by 2025’ campaign?
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 products could be key to becoming smokefree by 2025
Subsidised vaping products are being touted as the key to helping Aotearoa reach its ambitious target of being smokefree by 2025. Video, Audio
Vaping may be banned in smokefree areas in Hauraki
The Hauraki District Council is considering banning vaping in smokefree zones - it's one of several councils nationwide looking to include vaping in its smoking policy. Audio
First smokefree tax break plea - what's next?
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 to go smokefree
Wellington's beaches are to become smokefree but councillors have decided to pause for thought when it comes to what message they should send to vapers. Audio
Town goes smoke free on public property
From tomorrow Hanmer Springs will be asking people to ditch the durries as public property in the town centre goes smoke and vape free.
Govt plans crackdown on vaping in bars and workplaces
The government plans to stub out vaping in bars and restaurants and restrict the sale of e-cigarettes in the same way as tobacco. Audio
US calls teen e-cig use an 'epidemic'
The US Food and Drug Administration is considering banning the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes, citing an "epidemic" of use among teens.
NZ smokers concerned vaping 'not the real deal'
Smokers wanting to switch from conventional cigarettes to vaping, or e-cigarettes, are encountering unexpected hurdles, new research shows.
Vaping gets the backing of the Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health is now backing e-cigarettes to help the country reach its Smokefree goal by 2025. Although e-cigs with nicotine were made legal early this year, the government hadn't endorsed… Audio
Research suggests e-cigarettes help smokers quit
A study out of the United States, published in the British Medical Journal, says e-cigarette users are more likely than non-users to quit smoking. Audio
E-cigarettes just replace one addiction with another-
The Government says vaping is 95 percent less harmful than smoking cigarettes, with associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner encouraging journalists to try it, as Joanna MacKenzie reports. Audio
Quinoa genetics & evidence e-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking
A new study suggests e-cigarettes may be a gateway to smoking real cigarettes. Also scientists are using genetic sequencing technology to understand how quinoa can grow in super harsh conditions. 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
Vaping safer than smoking
The Health Ministry says vaping is safer than smoking and is moving to make e-cigarettes legal by the end of the year. Nine to Noon speaks to Ministry advisor Professor Hayden McRobbie. Audio
E-cigarettes 'could help people quit'
A health researcher and an economist are calling for the legalisation of vaping as an alternative to hikes in tobacco taxes. Audio
Universities ban vaping
Both Canterbury and Otago universities have banned vaping. But that's being criticised as many who are trying to quit cigarettes are using the electronic versions. Audio