From Sonia Ahier-Kerr.
HAS something gone wrong with my calendar, I ask myself? Has 1 April come round again already?

Ban smoking in cars: just how would they propose to enforce that, when they cannot even stop drivers using mobile phones, or smokers littering the streets with cigarette ends, or people throwing food, etc, on pavements?

Ban smoking in public spaces: another tricky job, if ever there was one, defining a public space.

In my book, that would mean anywhere that was not a private space, eg, Gorey Common, Les Platons car park, Westmount, the Five Mile Road, all the beaches and too many other places to count.

The number of unemployed people would soon drop to zero if they were given jobs as enforcers of that law.

I am in favour of reducing smoking, especially in the young, but at the same time I am seriously concerned about the mental health of those we trust to work for the good of our beloved Island and who come up with such stupid and impracticable ideas.