Re: “The potential for tobacco control to reduce PBS costs for smoking-related cardiovascular disease”, by Susan F Hurley, Michelle M Scollo, Sandra J Younie, Dallas R English and Maurice G Swanson in the 6 September 2004 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2004; 181: 252-255). The vertical axis on the graph in Box 5 was mislabelled during the production process. The values should be reduced by a factor of 10. The correctly drawn figure is reproduced below.
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- 1 Bainbridge Consultants, North Fitzroy, VIC.
- 2 VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council of Victoria, Carlton, VIC.
- 3 Western Australian Division, National Heart Foundation of Australia, Subiaco, WA.