I am not sure why readers needed to know that Lawrence Sissling formerly weighed 11st 3lbs (Letters, March 16). Do we congratulate or commiserate, I wonder?

I realise his comments were made in a lighthearted vein but for me, and I suspect many other be cinemagoers, the sound of people chomping and slurping their way though endless bags of toffees and dustbin-sized buckets of popcorn, not to mention the smell of hot dogs, is utterly nauseating.

If people want a picnic, they should go to a park, not to the cinema.

As with smoking, I would like to see eating in the auditorium banned or severely restricted.

Oh, for the days when a night at the pictures meant cartoons, a Pathe newsreel, a supporting film, then the intermission when could you buy a "drink on a stick", a little tub of ice cream with a wooden spoon or a carton of Kia-Ora from the girl with the tray before settling back to enjoy the main feature film.

Oh well, no more cinema trips for me, I'll wait for the DVD

-Elaine Chamberlain, Brighton