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Full details of events to be included in the calendar should be sent to Anne Waddingham, technical editor, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK;waddingham{at}compuserve.com
11th World Tobacco Symposium and Tradefair
18–20 October 1999, Beijing, China
Further details: World Tobacco, Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QS, UK. (Tel +44 1737 768611; fax +44 1737 556470; tobacco{at}dmg.co.uk)
CHEST 1999
31 October–4 November 1999, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Further details: American College of Chest Physicians, 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, USA. (Tel +1 847 498 1400; fax +1 847 498 5460; registration{at}chestnet.org;www.chestnet. org)
WHO International Conference on Tobacco and Health
14–18 November 1999, Kobe, Japan
Further details: Derek Yach, Tobacco Free Initiative, World Health Organisation, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. (Tel +41 22 791 2736; fax +41 22 791 4769;yachd{at}who.ch; www.who.int/toh/Otherlinks/tabacweb.htm)
UICC International Smokeout
18 November 1999
Further details: International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland. (Fax +41 22 809 1810;education{at}uicc.org)
UICC Regional Workshop for African Voluntary Cancer Societies
21–25 November 1999, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Further details: S Lepita, Cancer Association of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa. (Fax +27 11 622 3424; slepita{at}cansa.org.za)
SRNT European Conference
25–26 November 1999, London, UK
Further details: Laura Bass (laura.bass{at}hea.org.uk)
XV Asia Pacific Cancer Conference
12–15 December 1999, Chennai, Madras, India
Further details: Congress Secretariat, XV Asia Pacific Cancer Conference, Cancer Institute (WIA), 18 Sardar Patel Road, Chennai (Madras)—600036, India. (Tel + 91 44 2350131/2350241; fax +91 44 4912085; caninst{at}md2.vsnl.net.in;http://apcc.uicc.org)
WHO International Conference on Global Tobacco Control Law
7–9 January 2000, New Delhi, India
Further details: Derek Yach, Tobacco Free Initiative, World Health Organisation, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. (Tel +41 22 791 2736; fax +41 22 791 4769;yachd{at}who.ch; www.who.int/toh/Otherlinks/tabacweb.htm)
91st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research
1–5 April 2000, San Francisco, California, USA
Further details: American Association for Cancer Research, The Public Ledger Building, Suite 826, 150 S Independence Park West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA. (Tel +1 215 440 9300; fax +1 215 440 9313; aacr{at}aacr.org)
World No Tobacco Day—“Entertainment”
31 May 2000
Further details: Derek Yach, Tobacco Free Initiative, World Health Organisation, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. (Tel +41 22 791 2736; fax +41 22 791 4769; yachd{at}who.ch)
11th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
6–10 August 2000, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Further details: Conference Secretariat Manager, American Medical Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. (Tel +1 312 464 5159; fax +1 312 464 4111; 11thWCTOH{at}ama-assn.org)
UICC Conference on Cancer Control Issues in the Year 2000
8–9 September 2000, Seattle, Washington, USA
Further details: GP Murphy, Cancer Research Center, Northwest Hospital, Pacific Northwest Cancer Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA. (Fax +1 206 363 3196)
UICC International Smokeout
16 November 2000
Further details: International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland. (Fax +41 22 809 1810;education{at}uicc.org)
Silly asses
“For do you realize, Jeeves, that my aunt says I mustn't smoke while I'm here?” “Indeed, sir?” “Nor drink.” “Why is this, sir?” “Because she wants me—for some dark and furtive reason which she will not explain—to impress a fellow named Filmer.” “Too bad, sir. However, many doctors, I understand, advocate such abstinence as the secret of health. They say it promotes a freer circulation of the blood and insures the arteries against premature hardening.” “Oh do they? Well you can tell them next time you see them that they are silly asses.” “Very good, sir.” From: “Very Good Jeeves! by P G Wodehouse. Latest edition published by Penguin Books, 1999.