EDITORIAL: NZ smoking less, but getting fatter and sadder. EDITORIAL Headline results from the latest government health survey are out. The Ministry of Health's annual New Zealand Health Survey, conducted between July 2016 and June 2017, is a big piece of work. The good news is that smoking rates continue to decline and there has been a dramatic drop in the number of teenagers taking up the habit. But while New Zealanders are doing well at kicking the smoking habit, we keep on getting fatter.

Source: Stuff November 19, 2017 00:45 UTC