Smoking

Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union tells Guyon about the group's funding, its connection to the Atlas Network, and why he once joined the Green party. Video, Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Anti-smoking researchers are promising a healthy fight against the new government's moves to repeal world-first legislation on tobacco sales. Audio

The new government's plan to walk back some smoke free laws will be a huge blow to cancer prevention, as well as costing thousands of lives and billions of dollars according to health advocates. But… Video, Audio

New Zealand's a world-leader with its smokefree laws, but can it do the same when it comes to vaping? Audio

When smoking first became popular it was heavily marketed as being cool. We were even told it was healthy. The results have not been so good. Simon Chapman, an Emeritus Professor at University of… Audio

It's safer than smoking, but how worried should we be about teens taking up vaping? Audio

Last year the government proposed to introduce a smoke-free generation, ending the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2008. New research at the University of Otago has actually spoken to youth to… Audio

ASH Chair and Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole joined Jesse to talk about the what they can take from the latest ASH Year 10 survey. Audio

Thinking about ditching the cigarettes once and for all? You'll have the best chance of being successfully quitting if you formulate a plan and actively manage it, says Dr Lyndy Matthews… Audio

Dame Tariana Turia's goal to make New Zealand smokefree by 2025 is creeping closer with the launch of today's Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan. The latest move prevents 14 year olds from legally… Audio

Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology and author of the new book, Exercised, Daniel Lieberman explains how we evolved to be physically active, but we never evolved to do physical activity… Audio

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Lahey is a mother, a teacher in a drug and alcohol centre for adolescents, and a recovering alcoholic with a strong family history of addiction. Jessica… Audio

The Consumer Lifestyles Report (which has been running since 1979) was released from the University of Otago Business School this week. The report's aim is to provide insights into the lifestyles… Audio

A new study that followed 80,000 middle-aged people for more than 20 years has found that those who consumed the most flavonoids significantly reduce the risk of experiencing early signs of cognitive… Audio