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3 September 2011 - The NZ Herald
Ever since the link between smoking and lung cancer was established more than 50 years ago, the tobacco industry has displayed extraordinary tenacity when it comes to denying the scientific evidence showing that smoking kills.

15 July 2011 - The NZ Herald
Tobacco products and advertisements will have to be kept out of sight in shops under a law passed by Parliament yesterday.

5 July - 3 News / RadioLive
The Ministry of Health will not ban a potentially harmful quit-smoking drug because it believes the benefits outweigh the risks.

5 July 2011 - The NZ Herald
Researchers have issued a new caution over the use of Champix quit-smoking tablets after finding they are linked to a 72 per cent increased risk of heart attacks and related conditions.

3 March 2011 - NZ Herald
People who use nicotine replacement therapy are being warned of the harm it can do to children - after a huge rise in calls to the National Poisons Centre and three "serious exposures".

1st February 2011 - MailOnline
Smokers looking for a bargain have been warned not to buy a bootleg brand of cigarettes from Russia, after it was found to contain asbestos.

24 August 2010 - The NZ Herald (the findings are published in the Journal of National Cancer Institute)
Nicotine in cigarettes has been linked to breast cancer for the first time as researchers find the substance may promote the growth of tumours.

15 December 2009 - The Sunday Telegraph
We all know that smoking is bad for us, but women are more vulnerable than men when it comes to some of the potential nasty outcomes.

19 May 2009 - NZ Herald
Health authorities have issued a new warning on the mental health risks of a quit-smoking pill introduced to New Zealand in 2007.

30 November 2008 - Sunday Star-Times
ASH had this letter published in response to an article in the Sunday Star-Times about how British American Tobacco is a ‘funky, friendly and fun’ place to work.