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COMPETITION

No 641: Flagrant weed

Set by Timothy Snow: 'For thy sake, Tobacco, 1/Would do anything but die wrote Charles Lamb in `A Farewell to Tobacco'. Competitors are invited to oiler in verse advice on, a lament for, or a defence of, cigarette smoking. Limit, 16 lines. Entries, marked 'Competition No. 641,' by 12 February or the Friday following the closing date for Competition No. 640, whichever is the later date.