Smoking in Health Care Facilities

What is the debate on smokers in the health field?

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Why hospitals are banning smoking.

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Why some people are against it

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Why people are for it

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Reason of debate:
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Further debate
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Support of why this ban is a good thing

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This ban on hiring smokers may be a big controversy because smoking is a legal substance, but
not hiring smokers has many benefits not only for the employer but it saves tax payers healthcare
taxes, and it keeps the harmful substances away from sick patients and others who do not smoke.

References:
CCTVnews (2012, Dec 14) Groups challenge the no-smoking policy, calling it discrimination
[video file] retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbSdpmeFYtY

CBN.com (2011, Dec 15) Smokers Need Not Apply! Companies Kick the Habit[video file]
retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQw4QX-NZfQ

Nurse Nacole (2013, Jul 29) Working Nurse| Ban on Hiring Smokers [video file] retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295pyu5fKH8

Lynn Doyle (2012,Feb 11) Smokers need not apply::PART1::Its your call [video file] retrieved
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5WlAI9Uzfg

Wgaltv (2012, Feb 3) Hospital, Health System Stop Hiring Smokers [video file] retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhsetUKWGBI

ABC 15 Arizona (2012, Jan 6) More companies pass on hiring smokers [ video file] retrieved
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXmHYlMxxU

WPXI News (2013, Jul 11) UPMC Bans Employees From Smoking [video file] retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q39LWGt5eA

Quotes that support not smoking in Health Care facilities:

You are a healthcare worker. Patients do not want to smell smoke on someone who is coming to
take care of me or my child who has asthma. Melissa Zellie

Nicotine residue can remain on skin, clothes and hair which exposes patients to cancer causing
carcinogens. Dr. Hillary Tindle

Anyone who comes into contact with patients nurses who have hands-on contact - should not
be doing their jobs smelling of smoke. Mike Kelly, public health chief

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable deaths. And employees who smoke cost, on
average, $3,391 more a year each for health care and lost productivity per smoker. CDC

Obviously we know the effects of smoking, we see it every day in the hospital, its a stupid
choice. Mrs. Carol

Health care workers should in addition to promoting smoking prevention and cessation
strategies, also serve as role models and advocates in the fight against smoking Ebonyi Medical
Journal

Cross sectional survey was carried out among 240 primary health care workers selected by
simple random sampling from a list of all the health workers 39.6% of those surveyed were
smokers. Ebonyi Medical Journal

8.6 million people in the U.S. have at least one serious illness caused by smoking. That means
that for every person who dies of a smoking-related disease, there are 20 more people who suffer
from at least one serious illness associated with smoking American Lung Association

Employers have a legal right to restrict smoking in the workplace, or implement a totally
smoke-free workplace policy. American Lung Association