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I can't really see the problem after all most youngsters will experiment with cigarettes at some point! I would be more offended and worried if it mentioned having a drink or drugs: a he would of been underage and b: drugs or illegal and both having a much more serious effect on youngsters. At the age of 16 he would of still been younger enough to kick the habit! I think I would much rther have a teenager who experminted with cigarettes than drink or drugs.

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The family obviously gave details about him to the press, so if that smoking was part of him enjoying what he had of such a short life, fair enough.

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I was in that part of Blackburn at the time of his funeral. There were a load of kids dressed up in rovers shirts walking in front of the hearse. The traffic was really backed up due to this.

What a tribute to him as there were crowds of people round there, he was obviously very much loved and I'm sure will be terribly missed

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I think it's great when someones life is celebrated, instead of mourned.

None of us are 'perfect', and frankly who would want to be.

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I didn't find it offensive or in bad taste. He was just a youngster who enjoyed his short life.

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to be fair to the newspaper - its probably what someone quoted

ppl usually say oh yeah he liked this that and the other - and he loved havin a fag with his mates etc

they just put a different spin on it - i think a positive one if u can

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It will be soon though.

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No it wont. It is illegal to BUY them not smoke them.

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The comment was made by the priest. I was there at the funeral, and it was not said in nasty way at all. He was just summing up Chris.

Chris was a lovely lad, and he will be sadly missed. He had a good turn out, I have never seen so many people at a funeral before, and the fact that so many had turned up in Rovers shirts was a tribute to him.

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I don’t understand what could be offensive about this tragic story. This young man lived a short life and had preferences that came from his right to express his freedom. It is nobody’s business what he enjoyed but his. God Bless him.

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Sorry steeljack, but smoking had no hand in this young mans early death, some form of cancer 'I believe'. To say that smoking is the cause of a lifes ills is in my opinion rubbish, I do not smoke! I recently had a lung cancer removed along with part of a lung, I have also had Colon cancer twice in fifteen years and I dont blow smoke out of my backside either, I can understand the fear that has been instilled in us by the anti brigade and lt may be the cause of some ailments, but not the only one.

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my original quibble with the story was , , I thought the tone of the report made the lad sound like a "chav" and was unnessecary at such a sad time for his family , but I bow to popular opinion

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Point taken 'by me' anyway, no there was no need to mention smoking, but as was said previously the Lancashire Talegraph was only reporting the funeral tributes. Regards Ian.