US smoking policy based on hypocrisy
Gail F Cooper’s claim (Irish Examiner letters, June 25) that the Californian ban on smoking in bars and cafes has increased business can be counterbalanced by New York’s 30%-40% decrease in patronage over the past two months.
Why is there so much hypocrisy in the American attitude to tobacco while at the same time the leaf is grown extensively in the southern states?
