Professor Des Cox, Chair of the Policy Group on Tobacco at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Children’s Health Ireland in Crumlin joined us on the show to discuss if the smoking ban should extend to outdoor pub areas.

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