Who pays?
Sir: The doctors (October 6) are of course right to preach against smoking, but for the hard core of us who continue to indulge in this admittedly vicious and nasty habit and who remain unmoved by exhortation they seem to have very little to offer. " Leave longer stubs: do not inhale: take up sex or alcohol instead." All these sound and look very well on paper or on celluloid but they do not remove the inner craving for a gasper that assails us now and Olen. "A Woman is only a woman," said the poet, " but a good cigar is a Smoke." And as for advising people to lay down port (Letters, October 6) what about hardening of the arteries? The truth surely is that there is no such thing as a safe policy is moderation in all things. The government slogan merely says: 'smoking can damage your health.' It does not say it will.
G. Chou'dharay-Best 174 Clay Hill Road, Basildon, Essex.
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