To the Editor: With the World Health Organization’s annual World No Tobacco Day to be held on 31 May, it is timely to encourage all patients who smoke to reconsider their actions.
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- South Australian Infectious Diseases Services, Adelaide, SA.
Correspondence: ross.philpot@nwahs.sa.gov.au
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