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weekender february 14 1987 p5 editors mail chiropractor wrong says local colleague local poses mailbox solution dear sirs the picture of mail super mail boxes blocked off by snow thrown up by road plows which appeared in your feb 7 issue makes me wonder why on earth the mail boxes face the road anyway surely if they were facing in wards the problems would be re solved and would provide the added benefit of protecting the victims of this lousy system from deluges of slush from passing motorists or is there some complicated reason why this cannot be done d mason dear sir a serious error concerning the risks of cigarette smoking is con tained in the article smokers can quit weekender jan 31 in which chiropractor john bare is quoted as saying that an indi vidual might live longer if he were to smoke three or four cigarettes per day that statement is utterly false the health hazards of tobacco smoke are undisputed and include an increased risk of lung cancer heart disease emphysema and cancers of the digestive tract this risk is directly related to the number of cigarettes con sumed over time so even three to four cigarettes per day consti tutes a health risk that would pre dict a shorter rather than longer lifespan no person should be deceived that any amount of tobacco con sumption is beneficial to their health arid without risk the re duction of tobacco consumption should be a priority health goal for anyone who presently smokes andrew patterson mdcm from mniknilsc shopping centre 150 stores services including eatons wooico miracle foodmart famous players cinemas air conditioning dealer heating air conditioning 4791290 our installations are up to a standard not down to a price your local air conditioning dealer