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Updated: 9:31 PM Aug 29, 2008
Hospital Goes Smoke Free
Patients and employees will soon put away the lighter, the cigarettes and the ashtray at one local hospital. Posted: 8:45 PM Aug 29, 2008Reporter: Dave Jordan |
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Patients and employees will soon put away the lighter, the cigarettes and the ashtray at one local hospital.
Onslow Memorial Hospital goes tobacco free September first. Hospital spokesman Tim Strickland says this means hospital employees and patients cannot smoke anywhere on the hospital grounds. He says employees will be documented if they are caught smoking on campus, and patients will be offered a coupon for nicorette to help them possibly quit smoking in the future.
The hospital is also offering classes for patients, employees and anyone in the community who would like to learn tips to kick the habit.
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Posted by: Obama 08 4 Prez!
on Aug 30, 2008 at 09:01 PM
GOOD! I hate smelling a person's breath that has been smoking, its in their clothes, hair, and their breath smells like s#!t. Even when they were smoking outside and you had to walk through it, I didn't like it. Just because you want to kill yourself and damage your lungs doesn't mean I do. I don't have a filter, and I didn't have a choice if I had to go to a particular hospital. Its good for them, so walk it off and act like big girls and boys. Your lungs thank you!
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Posted by: me
Location: here
on Aug 30, 2008 at 06:57 PM
Wow I would hate to have a catheter put in by a nurse who couldn't get away to smoke on her break.
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Posted by: NURSE
Location: BOSTON MEDICAL
on Aug 30, 2008 at 10:42 AM
After reading this artical. I was in shock that you could ever smoke in a NC Hospital. Lets get with the times those Hospital No Smoking laws were past over 10 years ago up North. Why? to help keep our patients alive. What about your Patient Care? I hope nobody smoked in the Operating room? Smoking in a Hospital thats just insane. At least the Administrators at OMH have some brains.
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