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Still smoking just like grandad

5th July 2007, Page 17
5th July 2007
Page 17
Page 17, 5th July 2007 — Still smoking just like grandad
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

There's no one else in there with me, and on the rare occasion anyone else drives it —when I'm on holiday or a rare night at home — they are usually smokers too, because the company I work for has the good sense to match smoking drivers to smokers' trucks as far as possible. Not that you can tell anyway, as I smoke roll-ups which leave very little residual smell (or so I'm told by non-smokers who have visited my abode), and always blow the smoke out of the window or roof. Even I don't like a fug.

I'm not a burden on the NHS as the additional tax I pay on purchasing my choice of poison will more than cover the cost of any treatment ) may need as a result. I don't drink, so I'm not at any risk of clogging up A&E or the local police station on a Saturday night through having one too many and getting stroppy. I make a point of never inflicting my smoke on anyone who doesn't wish to inhale it. So where exactly is the problem?

You can spend the next 20 years bombarding me with posters about why I should give up; offer me as much support as you like to do so; make me as much of a social pariah as you wish in order to establish your own moral superiority. I like smoking. I have no intention of giving up.

And if you want me, I'll be in the same place I've been in Scotland for the last however long it's been now —on the top bunk with the sunroof open minding my own business where no one can see, winking up at my grandfather and enjoying a smoke in his memory

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