Sydney taxi driver hurt in cigarette fight A TAXI driver has been hit in the head with a piece of metal while intervening in a scuffle over a cigarette at an inner Sydney service station. Two men and two women allegedly approached the driver at about 4am (AEST) on Saturday while he filled up his cab at Waterloo. After the cabbie refused to give one of the men a cigarette, he reached into the driver's shirt pocket sparking a struggle, police said. Another taxi driver was hit in the head with a piece of metal when he went to intervene. He suffered a minor head injury, while the original driver was not hurt. The group were last seen running away, police said. It comes after a 34-year-old man was charged for assaulting a man in St Leonards when he refused to give him a cigarette on Wednesday. The 26-year-old man remained in a critical condition at Royal North Shore Hospital after he fell to the ground and hit his head.