Evaluation of the resources required for the implementation of a new therapeutic protocol: the Institut Gustave Roussy method.

All treatments give rise to a sequence of events which represent the work-load. Before implementing a new treatment, it is essential to identify the sequence of the induced events. Their cost must be evaluated to ensure that it can be undertaken, and if so, for the necessary logistics to be set up.

Tobacco--current French legislation.

A recent French campaign to bring about a reduction in tobacco consumption is described. A number of factors were used to convince the public that smoking is dangerous: it was pointed out that, of all cancers, those in which tobacco plays an important role are increasing the most rapidly; another is that smoking reduces life expectancy. A study of the smoking habit in France showed that it is acquired earlier and earlier; another study showed that 60,000 deaths a year can be linked to smoking; the cost of medical services related to smoking was calculated to be 22 thousand million francs.