The latest craze for teenage girls who get themselves up the duff is smoking because it reduces the size of their baby and makes delivery less painful, according to reports today.

Is it me or has the world really gone mad?

There are a couple of things we should explore on this topic.

First of all why has teenage pregnancy become so acceptable?

Take a walk down most streets in Gwent and you'll see some 14-year-old Vicky Pollard look-alike in a pink tracksuit pushing a pram, probably containing TWO babies with a youthful but ever-so-ugly grandmother in tow.

They are everywhere.

Especially the Maesglas area of Newport where hobbies of the pregnant mum include hanging around the Spar shop, kopping off with equally spotty youths and perfecting that "life owes me" look. (That's my car broken into again!) Secondly, let's make all teen girls have a test to prove they can be fit mothers in later life. If they fail, they get sterilised.

This would prevent any off-spring growing up to think like their mother that it's ok to smoke, drink vodka and get pregnant at the age of 13, which believe me they do, it's a vicious circle.

And any young harlot that's had a baby - especially those that think it's ok to smoke so they can have a smaller baby - should have their child removed and given to a decent, loving couple who can't have their own children.

That way it can at least grow up in stable environment without fear of a life dependent on fags, booze and probably drugs.