Legislation bans smoking on hospital grounds

[hrmjustin]

By DAN MOSHER

A bill passed through the Legislature last week that would prohibit smoking on and around hospital grounds and nursing homes throughout New York state.

The legislation (A.1115-a/S.1987-a) sponsored in their respective houses by Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffe, D-Rockland, and Sen. Jack Martins, R-Mineola, would prohibit smoking while on hospital campus grounds and within fifteen feet of the property lines of hospitals and nursing homes.

"Health care facilities are the places we go to get treatment, heal and recover from serious illnesses," Martins said. "They should not be the place where our health concerns start or are worsened.

"The facts are clear – secondhand smoke kills," Martins said.

The legislation passed unanimously in the Assembly and every senator but one — Betty Little, R-Queensbury — voted in favor of the bill.

Read more at http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2013-06-25-84240.113122-Legislation-bans-smoking-on-hospital-grounds.html

[Warpy]

1. Oh, gosh, a whole lot of healthcare workers are going to be Jonesing

out of control. The sales of patches and gum are going to skyrocket. I have to feel sorry for them, I've seen too many of my coworkers struggle and be unable to quit.

One of my smoker fellow nurses used to amuse me, spraying her uniform down with Febreze as soon as she returned from a smoke break. The funny part was that it worked, you could barely smell it around her while other smokers tended to reek.

It seems just a little extreme to me, designated smoking areas can be chosen far away from air intakes and entrances, for patients and staff alike.

Not everyone is ready to quit and some have tried repeatedly and failed.

(just set fire to those things outdoors and preferably down wind and we'll get along just fine)

[madrchsod]

2. the healthcare facility my wife works for banned smoking on their property

several industries here have also banned smoking on their property.

[TheMadMonk]

3. And the ER entry is usually a gazetted road. They tried this ban...

...in Australia. The docs, nurses, visitors and mobile patients just all stood in the middle of the road, and blocked traffic.

When visiting my Grandmother in a hospital, I once noticed an orderly hiding in the bloody oxygen store do sneak

In the end, designated smoking areas were provided.


2 yr, 16 day nicotine free here. (When I realised I hadn't changed the cartridge in my inhaler for 3 days.)

[hrmjustin]

4. I started smoking when I was 13. I developed Asthma by 15 and quit by 18.

[TheMadMonk]

5. Same age. Trapped myself in a confined space with a burning pyrotechnic...

...a year later. 15 years seasonal bronchitis. 15 chronic. 2 wheezing. 3 attempts patches. 3 months on the inhaler.

[hrmjustin]

6. I wish I had some active brain cells at 13.