Smoke free hospitals: Smoke free hospitals are unethical

Smoke free hospitals.

Smoke-free hospitals. A time for universal action.

Are smoke-free policies good for business?

Smoke-free hospitals – the English experience: results from a survey, interviews, and site visits

BACKGROUND According to the provisions of the Health Act 2006, NHS acute Trusts had to become smoke-free by July 2007. Mental health Trusts were granted a further year before all indoor smoking areas have to be removed. This study was carried out to determine the extent of smoke-free policy implementation in English NHS acute and mental health Trusts, and to explore challenges and impacts relat...

Smoke-free or not: a pilot evaluation in selected Beijing Hospitals

BACKGROUND China enacted a policy to ban smoking in hospitals. The Chinese Association for Tobacco Control (CATC) developed a program to help hospitals implement this policy. They conducted a program and an assessment in 3 Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong). A more in-depth evaluation was implemented with a sub-sample of hospitals in Beijing (N = 7) to provide an independent asses...