13 MARCH 1971, Page 14

No 641: Flagrant weed

Set by Timothy Snow: `For thy sake, Tobacco, I/Would do anything but die' wrote Charles Lamb in `A Farewell to Tobacco.' Competitors are invited to offer in verse advice on, a lament for, or a de- fence of, cigarette smoking. Limit sixteen lines. Entries, marked 'Competition No 641,' by 26 March.