The annual congress of the European Respiratory Society took place from the 3rd-7th September at the ExCel Centre in London. Research undertaken as part of the ALEC Study was presented and well received at the congress. These presentations included: Trans-generational effect of parental and grandparental smoking on asthma risk in offspring, a poster presentation by Simone Accordini Long-term physical activity pattern and lung function in European Adults, an oral presentatio