12 MARCH 1954, Page 17

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Advertisements for giving up smoking usually recommend some "harmless, soothing and completely reliable substitute, manu- factured only by Ltd." For the

usual prize of competitors are asked to devise similar advertisements aimed at helping readers to give up any three of the following irritating habits: eating, washing, televiewing, reading, sleeping, drinking. Limit 150 words in all.