Curb habit that kills

Published: 20 August, 2010

• THE Government is reconsidering new laws to scrap cigarette vending machines and tobacco displays in shops, citing the impact they might have on business.

Yet we know vending machines are an easy source of cigarettes for children. With 40 per cent of adult smokers, or ex-smokers, starting smoking before they were 16, it’s clear we need to do much more to stop our children taking up this deadly habit.

Business Secretary Vince Cable should ensure the government implements this law to protect our children from the dangers of smoking.

ANNIKA CLARK 
Mercers Road, N19