Schoolboy Adam Baker won a contest to design the best anti-smoking poster - even though his own mother puffs on 20 a day.

Jean Baker, 36, of Barns Road, Cowley, Oxford, cannot resist lighting up - despite constant nagging from her son.

Adam said: "I hate her smoking because it fills up the room. Sometimes it smells and I have asthma - although all the windows are open when she smokes."

The ten-year-old designed a poster depicting smokers with blackened lungs, which caught the eye of judges at the Headington branch of Boots.

Now his poster has been entered in a national contest, with the winner having his artwork published in a new Government anti-smoking book.

Adam spent many years in the United States which has very strict anti-smoking laws - including smoking bans in some restaurants and public places - and says it influenced his views.

Jean said: "He is entitled to his opinion on anything.

"I am proud he has won the competition."

Boots stores across the country have chosen individual winners, to be entered into the national contest.

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