I WAS impressed to learn from The Press of January 26 that Cllr Linsay Cunningham knows that there are 28,888 smokers in York.

I myself was a professional smoker for over 40 years, but gave it up so that I could save the money for more gin and tonic.

But if I were to have a surreptitious fag in my back patio, might she find out?

Allison Peterson, Barlow Street, York.