RE recent reports about minimum alcohol pricing. As a pensioner who enjoys a glass of wine with my dinner I do not see why I should be priced out of the market because young people drink too much.

Increasing the price of cigarettes has not stopped smoking. My solution is to make it an offence, punishable by an on-the-spot fine, to be drunk in public.

Set a maximum alcohol level, as with driving, and give every policeman a pocketful of breathalysers to check anyone who seems drunk. It works with drivers and has certainly cut the drink-driving rate.

Tom Cooper, Durham City.