Smoking In Buses

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30610, 28 November 1964, Page 14

Smoking In Buses

Sir, —As a frequent and non-smoking traveller in buses, I am fascinated by the compulsion of so many correspondents to write to the press complaining of the discomfort they experience from the deadly fumes emitted by perhaps 10 per cent of their fellow-passengers. I can only recommend them to enlarge their experience by foreign travel, when they would quickly learn that our own public transport is far freer from noxious emanations than most, and that no allowance is made abroad for the carriage of infant conveyances of any sort. Mothers of innocent toddlers are so ready to descant upon their grievances that one feels it might be a good thing if they began to realise how lucky they are.—Yours, etc., BOADICEA. November 27, 1964.

Sir, —A mother realises the effect of smoke upon one of her children in bus travels. She may not herself be affected. As an adult tortured in the eyes (the word is no exaggeration) by smoke, may I ask who cares? Our buses are not built for ventilation. One smoker may fill a vehicle with the clinging fumes. Open glass slots have little or no effect in allowing entry of cleaner air. The old trams were healthier. Once, before smoke was known to affect health, smokers were at least polite. Are they now?—Yours, HEALTH COUNTS. November 27, 1964.