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LETTER: 'Smoking is a dirty, stupid habit' 

I refer to "Smoke and mirrors?" (Jan 27). We do not only learn from advertisements and the media that smoking is unhealthy.

Research has proven conclusively that there is a very strong relationship between certain cancers and cigarette smoke. Smokers are not the only ones who suffer a higher rate of these cancers, passive smokers also show greater susceptibility. . . .

As for whether smoking is morally wrong, this question should be posed to a smoker.

I have often wondered if my mother would still be alive and enjoy the grandchildren she so longed for had she not been born to smoker parents and married a smoker.

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