tobacco free hospitals (presume this includes e-cigs)

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www.scotsman.com/news/health/turriff-hospital-site-to-become-smoke-free-zone-1-3222160

and also

www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/03/3766/downloads

Maybe a lot to get head round. I have the emails of grampian chief exec and also the tobacco control officer but please if you want them please promise not to swear or be abusive as that gets us no where!!!

Jane

[markm]

I wonder how long it will be before their first fire from a discarded illicit ciggy
Smoked in an inappropriate place?
Very shortsighted of them!

[markm]

Never assume vaping is included in any smoking policy,
Unless it is SPECIFICALLY mentioned, just as you wouldn't assume
Anything else, for instance drinking coke, is part of an anti smoking policy.

[ukipper]

Already started in Sheffield,

Electronic cigarettes are an alternative to tobacco but, because they are unregulated, bosses at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have said their safety cannot be guaranteed.

Deputy Chief Nurse Chris Morley said: “We feel this approach is appropriate for the health and wellbeing of patients, visitors and staff, as there is currently no appropriate product regulation, along with inconsistencies in quality control for these devices.

“The absolute safety of such products cannot be guaranteed.”

But Elliott Parker, manager at Mirage E-cigarettes which has stores around the city, said: “A great part of the population uses e-cigarettes, it is a lot more prevalent in Britain than in many other countries. There is a situation in hospitals where ill patients are wheeled off to use tobacco. E-cigarettes are a good alternative, there is no second-hand ingestion of nicotine, and the vapour they give out disappears.”
www.thestar.co.uk/news/health/local-health/e-cigarettes-banned-from-sheffield-hospitals-1-6033813

My question to the Chief Nurse would be; Can my absolute safety be guaranteed when i have my surgery ?

[mikeb]

“The absolute safety of such products cannot be guaranteed.”

And in that sentence we see the whole stupidity of the NHS.

We could add to that the sentence, "The operation was a success but the patient died"