REGARDING a letter June 24 on smoking.

I fully agree with Littlewoods in giving people the right to smoke.

Everyone in authority goes on about smoking adverts and the harm it does to people.

In comparison to drinking it is nothing. Drinking does far more harm. It is responsible for violence in the home and on the streets and is to blame for families breaking up.

M HALES (MRS), Berkeley Street, Nelson.

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