THE decision to ban smoking on Cheshire hospital grounds is a serious ethical abuse of privilege.

None of these administrators have any authority to issue public edicts.

Maybe the first option would have been to ban all non-essential vehicles from those sites including their own.

Conversely, dare I have the temerity to be ill, I have to pay for parking before I would be seen. Jumping on the popularist bandwagon without any evidence is not something I would expect for my continued financial support.

What else would these people deem to be unsuitable on these facilities?

This may well blow-up in their faces.

The UK is top of the world league tables in not deterring people from attending a hospital. Let’s keep it that way.

Mike Holt, Moreton.