The New Zealand medical journal
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To phase out sales of cigarettes and of smoking tobacco products in New Zealand by the year 2020. ⋯ The smoking of tobacco sold legally kills 5000 New Zealanders annually. The SFE Act can be amended to phase out legal sales within this decade. Intensive policy research is needed now as public interest increases. Support from the public and from legislators to promote a suitable amendment bill is now needed.
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Letter Case Reports
Button batteries: the worst case scenario in nasal foreign bodies.
To present four cases of button battery nasal foreign bodies that were referred to an otolaryngology department over a 6-month period. ⋯ As early removal of a button battery is likely to decrease the chances of a septal perforation developing a nasal foreign body should be considered to be a button battery until proven otherwise.