16 JULY 1954, page 14

Road Safety

SIR,—Mr. Arlott's division of car drivers into three classes gives a false picture of their respective abilities. Mr. Arlott claims that ' the professional driver is, from sheer......

Sik,—all Discussions On The Traffic Problem In This...

to centre on two aspects only, the drivers and the roads. The third, the vehicles, except when comment is made on their ever-increasing numbers, or when comparison is made of......

Sir,—the Constant Articles On Road Safety In Yours And Many

other papers, prompts me to venture a suggestion which might he of some help should you succeed in bringing it to the notice of the powers that be. At present one great......

Letters To The Editor

SMOKING, STATISTICS AND DEATH SIR,—One aspect of this subject I have not seen discussed is whether those who smoke are less liable to death by other causes. Thus, while......

Sir,—about Smoking And Health—or Disease. How Is It That I

(as a vile corpus) have smoked for 60;odd years, in training for OUAC and playing cricket for England, and football, and have as yet at 82 suffered no detectable ill effects ? I......

S1r,—may I Remark (1) That Because Immensely Greater...

people now survive to advanced age, many of whom at death have a lung cancer which has not even been suspected, the numbers of lung cancer deaths have risen so sharply as to......

Sir,-1 Certainly Seem To Have Put The Cat Amongst The

pigeons, which was precisely what I expected. The anti-tobacco campaign, of which you now have an excellent example, is being waged with the usual fanaticism one attri- butes to......

Sir,—lf We Define Smoke As Suspended Par- Ticles In Air,

then anyone who works in a vitiated atmosphere or walks through fog inhales smoke with every breath. The cigarette smoker may or may not inhale smoke with every breath, but if......