I WAS pleased to note that stickers have now gone up at the bus shelter outside the Regent in Acomb prohibiting smoking there.

It had always been an uncomfortable experience waiting for the bus if smokers were around, particularly if it was raining.

My thoughts now turn to York Station. Immediately outside the station and attached to the taxi rank is what I feel must be defined as an extended bus shelter; it’s covered (and therefore enclosed) and is probably a public space.

Throughout the station concourse there are signs prohibiting smoking except in designated areas.

This bus waiting area has no such designation but there are, also, no signs prohibiting smoking. Large numbers of people smoke there – some lighting up after a train journey and others, seemingly, using this space during a break from work.

If this enclosed waiting area is public, then smoking should surely be banned there; and if it’s part of the fabric of the station, then the same response should apply, shouldn’t it?

It’s not at all pleasant waiting for a bus at York Station but nothing appears to be being done about this apparent contradiction from one bus shelter to the next.

John Christmas, Hobgate, York.