SIR - The possible plans to ban cigarettes being displayed in shops makes me wonder what on earth is going on in the minds of the powers that be.
When one considers that drug and alcohol abuse is at alarming epidemic proportions, plus the fact very little or no emphasis is put on these vices.
It's clear the nanny state we now live in has been looking through the wrong end of the medical telescope for far too long.
It's time this crazy obsession with smoking was put out and the more serious issues of drug and alcohol abuse were tackled at all conceivable levels.
R Halliday, Crag Road, Shipley
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