Softening the cough of a smoking objector

EWAN DUFFY (Irish Examiner letters, April 27) has spotted yet another disgusting smoker in what he describes as an “enclosed” rail station.

One presumes the ever vigilant Mr Duffy would consider Heuston station, the nation’s largest, to be enclosed - with a ceiling over 120 feet above, a giant gorge open at one end that allows a stiff east wind and ten rail tracks through, and an open space to accommodate double-decker buses at the other.

One wonders if, in his vigilance, he ever considers his fellow smoking passengers who, in deference to him, must refrain from smoking for a train journey that can take up to three hours.