‘Adulthood’ Photo an Endorsement for Smoking?

In “Adulthood? Later, Dude!” (March 21) you feature a picture of a 22-year-old woman, a self-supporting USC student, sitting on a bench with a lit cigarette in her hand. With her quote, “Adulthood means being true to yourself--no longer depending on others”--this looks like an endorsement for cigarette smoking.

LAURA WACO

Tarzana

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Adults are boring. They have to be too responsible and worry about things--like 24-year-olds who still live at home.

PAUL STRENGEL

Claremont