Letter - What have we done?

In recent days several television advertisements have appeared, aimed at not smoking in front of children.

As a smoker myself I would agree that every effort should be made not to do so. However, I think that the key issue is not to allow children or young adults to smoke in the first place.

Those who do smoke find it difficult to quit the habit. In my opinion, all the chemical constituents in cigarettes have changed dramatically in the past 50 years or so and it is more likely that it is these carcinogens are what cause lung cancer and not the tobacco.

Similarly food manufacturers use so many preservatives, sugars, trans-fats and salts in their foods that the human body is hardly able to cope.

The increase in diabetes and obesity or instances of autism and ADHD should bear witness to that.

I believe that God gave the human body the ability to repair itself naturally by eating nuts and seeds and meat and vegetables, not by dishing out a pill and subsequently giving another pill to counteract the side-effects.

But where is it possible to get food that has not been genetically modified in any part of its production? Our Western technology has much to answer for.

Trevor Mytton, Shrewsbury