title: [The opinion of patients with mental disorder about tobacco and its prohibition in psychiatric hospitalization].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the opinion of patients with mental disorder about tobacco and its prohibition during psychiatric hospitalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory study with 96 patients smokers with mental disorders hospitalized in a psychiatric ward of a general hospital. The interviews were conducted individually, using an instrument designed for this study. The content from the interviews was recorded, transcribed and submitted to a thematic content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients with mental disorder were identified as perceiving smoking during the psychiatric hospitalization as a help to support the difficulties in socialization and in the lack of activities. The permission for smoking is seen as a signal of respect to their needs. The subjects mentioned to not accept the total smoking prohibition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tobacco helps to face difficulties and conflicts in the psychiatric hospitalization. There is resistance regarding the possibility to totally withdraw the smoking permission during hospitalization.
authors: Nursing School of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, renatamarques@ymail.com.
authors: Renata
authors: R
authors: Marques de Oliveira
authors: Nursing School of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, furegato@eerp.usp.br.
authors: Antonia Regina Ferreira
authors: AR
authors: Furegato
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D055815:Young Adult