They choose to smoke therefore they should choose to stop.

The health service has already provided help to stop, by running courses etc, so why do we need the additional cost of food vouchers for these people?

As someone with several health problems (none of which are self-inflicted) and the last diagnosis being left threatening, I strongly object to this voucher scheme.

From a modest income I pay £1497.53 in council tax for a one bedroom flat, but I do not qualify for a discount despite my health problems. I have worked all my life and never been on state benefits.

May I suggest another way to get these people to stop smoking? Ban the import of tobacco, or would the government not want to lose the tax they gain from it? — Critic Of The Nanny State.

Surely the reward for giving a smoking habit up is the savings on the cost of the cigarettes. They spend on average £5 a packet, 20 cigarettes a day = £5, seven days a week = £35, 52 weeks a year = £1820.

This figure is how much smokers in the target zone are willing to burn. Surely there must be more urgent and deserving causes that the health service and council could spend their money on.

I am fed up of hearing and seeing in print that Dundee is the third most deprived area in Scotland, but it seems that those who appear to be the most deprived can afford to smoke. — Angus.

1. They are made to work alongside the council and repair the damage.

2. The parents are held responsible and made to pay for the damage their children caused.

3. They personally appear before the bowling green participants and apologise for the cancellation of their Gala Day.

4. Explain to people why they did what they did, as it is hard to understand the mentality and the reasoning behind the vandalism.

5. They realise when they grow up the facilities such as the bowling green will be there for their enjoyment. — R. McGuigan.

I know the latter with me is true. So to the persons who stole virtually all the clothes I possess from my garden, I hope you enjoy the bargains you picked up. Whilst you are showing off your new wardrobe, I will be a “girl with nothing to wear”. — Grin and Bare It.

The only reason staff have been offered a move to Perth is that the NU Perth site is losing its staff in heavy numbers to another employer in Perth.

The decision to redeploy suits Norwich Union.

I am pleased to read that the matter has been raised in Holyrood, and in the hope that a suitable resolution is found. — James Naboth.

I suggest that if the Government seriously wants to reduce the levels of alcohol consumption among youngsters, they should hike up the prices of alcopops, or better still have them removed from the market altogether.

They are aimed at teenagers, consumed by teenagers and are packed full of sugar — thus explaining the fat bellies on otherwise slender young bodies. Youngsters drink these because they are cheap and do not taste of alcohol.

I have yet to see them swigging from a bottle of malt, gin or glugging down a nice chianti. — B. Tough.

This got me thinking, if it was myself parking in this spot, I would be fined and told off for this road traffic offence.

Local authorities impose restrictions on parking in bus stops by introducing Traffic Regulation Orders.

If such an order is in place then parking in a bus stop can be punished by a Penalty Charge Notice, usually for £30.

However the road must be marked as a bus stop in accordance with Road Traffic Regulations and General Directions 1994.

It is a criminal offence under the Road Traffic Act 1994 to park in a bus stop.— Daryl B.

The dogs, unleashed, entered our garden after giving chase to Chloe. She was cornered in her own home with nowhere to escape from the snarling dogs. After the attack and the dogs had been called off by their owner, she lay lifeless on the lawn. She had died from shock., She was just six-years-old.

I don’t know who the owner of the dogs is, but I can only hope that he/she feels some remorse at the actions of their animals.

I’m just grateful that our three-year-old daughter wasn’t playing in the back garden as she regularly does, otherwise the dogs may have turned on her instead.

We are saddened and sickened by what happened. She was such a timid cat and rarely ventured far from the house.

Thanks to these dogs and their irresponsible owner for allowing them off their leash, she will never venture again. — Cat Lover

McCoy was a brilliant boxer at his best, hence the saying “the real McCoy”. He was married eight times and made a second career in films after 25 years in the ring, ended by murdering a woman. He committed suicide in 1940. — Peter Dee.

Danceworld are holding a prize bingo night on Friday, in Menzieshill Community Centre, Dundee. Eyes down 7.30 pm. — Arlene Jeffrey, Dee Gardens, Dundee.

However, years ending with eight have seen poor summers.

This was the case in 1948, 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988 and 1998. — Weather Watcher.