The New Zealand medical journal
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Comparative Study
Characteristics and quitting success of roll-your-own versus tailor-made cigarette smokers.
Roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco use is exceptionally high in New Zealand with 61% of current smokers using it exclusively or in conjunction with tailor-made (TM) cigarettes. This study examines the characteristics of RYO users and their likelihood of quitting smoking compared to TM and mixed tobacco users. ⋯ This study confirms the different characteristics of RYO, TM and mixed tobacco users, and fills a gap of limited research about quitting success of RYO smokers.
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Omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdomen which often required surgical intervention. Preoperative diagnosis by clinical examination alone is almost never possible. Increasing use of CT is making it possible to diagnose this preoperatively. An adult male case is presented that highlights these points.