IHAVE noticed that many more young people are smoking these days than did when I was in my teens nearly 60 years ago.

I say to them: Good on you! I am sick of do-gooders and TV campaigns to prevent people from doing as they wish with their lives.

I have smoked since I was 12 years-old. I am fit as a fiddle and never had a day off with smoking-related problems while at work.

STANLEY POTTER, Staffa Crescent, Blackburn.