'Nphet must insist on no smoking outside pubs and restaurants,' says expert

While outdoor dining and drinking has returned to our streets, Professor Luke Clancy says there should be no return of smoking areas outside pubs and restaurants for public health reasons.
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Veteran anti-smoking campaigner, respiratory physician Professor Luke Clancy has said there should be no return of smoking areas outside pubs and restaurants.

Prof Clancy, who is director-general of the Tobacco Free Research Institute, told Newstalk Breakfast that more people have died from smoking-related diseases than from Covid-19.