No smoking: punitive words for addicted patients.
No smoking. These words are becoming common in hospitals, which are increasingly turning smoke-free. But for the patient who smokes, these words only add stress to what is already a trying situation. Now, some hospitals are offering patients bedside support programs to ease their nicotine addiction.
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D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D011641:Public Relations; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States