Fears over smoking-related injuries

THREE people have had their jaws broken after leaving pubs to smoke and more injuries could be on the way, a hospital consultant warned yesterday.

Dr J Cliffe Beirne, a facial surgeon in St James’s Hospital in Dublin, said the three smoking ban-related incidents accounted for half of all jaw injuries last weekend.

“It is another thing that has happened that should raise significant alarm bells. It may bring matters to people’s attention and maybe something could be put in place,” he said.