The smoking challenge involved a co-ordinated team effort where people who quit smoking were offered smoking cessation support and advice, including breath-testing checks with a 'smokelyser' machine and other incentives. A 10 per cent hike in tobacco tax on January 1 each year for the next four years was another reason for people to quit smoking, she said. Now 31, she gave up the habit three months ago after enrolling in the Wero Stop Smoking Challenge with Te Hiku Hauora and said the rewards were already huge. The mother-of-three first tried cigarettes in a toilet at Kaitaia College when she was 15 and said she wasted about $50 a week smoking between 10 and 12 cigarettes a day. I notice the smell on other smokers too and I can't believe how strong it is.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 30, 2016 22:07 UTC