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Editorials

Regulation of cigarette smoke toxicity

Murray Laugesen, Jefferson Fowles

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): smoking remains the most important cause

Peter Martin, Helen Glasgow, Jane Patterson

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Lung cancer in Maori: a neglected priority

Matire Harwood, Sarah Aldington, Richard Beasley

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Original Articles

Scope for regulation of cigarette smoke toxicity according to brand differences in published toxicant emissions

Murray Laugesen, Jefferson Fowles

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Scope for regulation of cigarette smoke toxicity: the case for including charcoal filters

Murray Laugesen, Jefferson Fowles

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Varying evolution of the New Zealand lung cancer epidemic by ethnicity and socioeconomic position (1981–1999)

Caroline Shaw, Tony Blakely, Diana Sarfati, Jackie Fawcett, Sarah Hill

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Smoky homes: a review of the exposure and effects of secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes

George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Philippa Howden-Chapman

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Attitudes to, and knowledge of, secondhand smoke in New Zealand homes and cars

George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Philippa Howden-Chapman

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Access to tobacco products by New Zealand youth

Helen Darling, Anthony Reeder, Rob McGee, Sheila Williams

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Can Quit Practice: a comprehensive smoking cessation programme for the general practice team

Deborah McLeod, Elizabeth Cornford, Susan Pullon, Kawshi de Silva, Corrianne Simpson, for The Can Quit Practice Group

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The burden of death, disease, and disability due to alcohol in New Zealand

Jennie Connor, Joanna Broad, Jürgen Rehm, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Rod Jackson

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Review Article

Tobacco tax as a health protecting policy: a brief review of the New Zealand evidence

Nick Wilson, George Thomson

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Case Reports

Near death episode after exposure to toxic gases from liquid manure

Louise Couch, Laura Martin, Nigel Rankin

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Suspicious pulmonary nodules

Simon Janes, Birgit Dijkstra, Carina Miles, Ian Cowan

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Viewpoint

Rethinking the regulatory framework for tobacco control in New Zealand

George Thomson, Nick Wilson, Julian Crane

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Death under chloroform

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Medical History

A tribute: the contribution of the Otago University Medical School and its students in World War 1

Pat Cotter

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Bariatric surgery in New Zealand

Paul Samson, Michael Booth

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Screening for prostate cancer: a patient’s view

Name withheld by request

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Regarding ‘Investigation for iron deficiency anaemia’

John Dunn

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CARPA standard treatment manual (New Zealand edition)

Kevin Whitney

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Notices

Special offer: CD ROM of the New Zealand Medical Journal

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Calling obituary writers

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