CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 110, 12 May 1930, Page 10

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

(To the Editor.) Sir,—l was pleased to read the letter by "Disgusted" in reference to smoking in eating houses. I think it a most offensive habit, and why on earth the Health authorities do not put a stop to it I cannot understand. The men, mostly young men, must know it is obnoxious to most people,' and their indulgence is purely selfishness. I trust these protests will have some good effect.—l am, etc., . UNSELFISH. (To the Editor.) Sir,—ln reply to "Disgusted" ts "Smokiug in Tea Kooms," I should like .to, say that I cannot agree, although I am practically a non-smoker myself. Having travelled a little, I can. imagine the how! of protest that there would be if tlie proprietors of English or Continental cafes eudeavoured to stop smoking in cafes. When a man has had a meal or refreshments, the first- thing he feels like is a smoke, and why not? There is rfothing unhealthy about it, although we occasionally strike some pipes which we think should be removed, but there is nothing objectionable in a cigarette. Tlifi1 average woman likes a cigarette as well as a man, but she will not smoke on the street, so t]iey welcome a place where they can smoke a cigarette without being looked down upon by the general public. A woman has every bit as much right to smoke as a man. I sincerely hope that smoking.is not prohibited in our restaurants, as a little smoke and a little chat lends an air of conviviality which make one feel more at home.—l am,.etc., OTHER SIDE. (To the Editor.) Sir,—-I noticed a letter in "The Post" signed "Disgusted" about, smoking in dining-rooms. I do not know what the authorities are thinking about to allow it, if one is not permitted to smoke in butchers' shops, fruit marts, etc., surely to a greater degree should it be debarred in eating rooms. I have a delicate throat, and I cannot endure cigarette smoke. It is hard enough to put up with smoking crowds, where the young man has a cigarette -always between his lips, and I am sorry to say often a woman. —I am, etc., KILL JOY.