Tag Archives: New Zealand Cancer Society

Taxing the Habit

Taxing the Habit

Over the next four years, smokers in New Zealand will have to pay 40 per cent more for a packet of cigarettes after the government announced tobacco tax hikes in this year’s budget. Prices…

NZ Cancer Rates Third Worst in World

NZ Cancer Rates Third Worst in World

New international research from IRAC show NZ men and women have the third highest cancer rates in the world. Male cancer rates are highest in the United States, Hungary and New Zealand, and lowest in Niger,…

It Won’t Hurt a Bit

It Won’t Hurt a Bit

New Zealand Cancer Society prostate awareness star, John Hopoate, takes legal action.