Celebrating World Smokefree Day in Canterbury

Cantabrian’s are being encouraged to use World Smokefree Day on Sunday (May 31, 2015) to think about how they can contribute to a Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025.

Smokefree campaign tunes into Maori and Pasifika

The drive over the decade to the nation’s Smokefree 2025 goal must see more smokefree programs tailored to help Maori and Pasifika quit smoking, according to the Auckland Regional Public Health Service.

Columbus Coffee making more cafes smoke-free

This Sunday is World Smokefree day and the day yet another of Columbus Coffee’s 64 franchised cafes becomes fully smoke free inside and out. Columbus Ashburton is the first café in its area to become smoke free and the 27th in the Columbus group.

Teams swing in to action for World Smokefree Month

A series of smokefree car demonstrations start tomorrow (Friday, May 1), as part of a month of activity leading in to World Smokefree Day on Sunday, May 31.

Plunket says look to your children when you quit on Smokefree Day

Plunket says parents wanting to quit smoking on Smokefree day need look no further than to their children for the best reasons - and for their support.

Plunket fully endorses the theme for 2014 World Smokefree Day on 31st May, which is ’Quit now. It’s about whānau.’

Quit now! Give your lungs a chance - Asthma Foundation

"We say: ' Quit now!' You can do it with the right support!" said Angela Francis, chief executive of the Asthma Foundation.

World Smokefree Day this Saturday

World Smokefree Day is Saturday 31 May with the theme 'Quit now. It's about whanau.'

Strong public support for smokefree cars - survey

A new survey conducted for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) by UMR shows over 90 per cent of New Zealanders back a law change on smoking in cars with children.

Capital endorses smokefree Midland Park

Midland Park, in the heart of Wellington’s CBD and a popular lunch-time haven, will be declared smokefree tomorrow May 30, on the eve of World Smokefree Day.

Palmerston North dairy 'proud to be tobacco free'

World Smokefree Day is on Saturday, and the owners of Moshims Discount Dairy in College Street, Palmerston North, have no regrets about their decision to stop selling tobacco.