8 JULY 1978, Page 17

Sick joke

Sir: Doctors say cigarette smoking is bad for the health. The Government agrees. Yet the ludicrous law of the land allows fullpage cigarette advertisements complete with Health Risk Warnings. This is about as logical as a practising nymphomaniac voluntarily entering a nunnery.

I like some sick jokes. But to allow massive cigarette advertising campaigns is a sick joke with a terminal illness. It isn't funny or moral. And it certainly should not be legal. Max Nottingham, 19 St. Faith's Street, Lincoln