TY - JOUR
T1 - Components of a smoke-free hospital program
AU - Barker, A. F.
AU - Moseley, J. R.
AU - Glidewell, B. L.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Hospitals have the responsibility to provide leadership in the area of cigarette-smoking cessation and indoor-smoking elimination. A multidisciplinary committee of the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, planned and initiated a smoke-free hospital and clinic facility in 1987. The key planning steps for the patient and visitor ban included involvement of many representatives of the hospital staff, 2 months lead time for the ban, personal interviews with all inpatient smokers on the eve of the ban, and distribution of survival kits. Employees were offered free smoking cessation classes, gum with instructions in use, and a protected outdoor smoking area. The ban has been well accepted by patients and visitors. A questionnaire survey of employees at 6 months has indicated a modest reduction in personal cigarette smoking.
AB - Hospitals have the responsibility to provide leadership in the area of cigarette-smoking cessation and indoor-smoking elimination. A multidisciplinary committee of the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, planned and initiated a smoke-free hospital and clinic facility in 1987. The key planning steps for the patient and visitor ban included involvement of many representatives of the hospital staff, 2 months lead time for the ban, personal interviews with all inpatient smokers on the eve of the ban, and distribution of survival kits. Employees were offered free smoking cessation classes, gum with instructions in use, and a protected outdoor smoking area. The ban has been well accepted by patients and visitors. A questionnaire survey of employees at 6 months has indicated a modest reduction in personal cigarette smoking.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.149.6.1357
DO - 10.1001/archinte.149.6.1357
M3 - Article
C2 - 2730253
AN - SCOPUS:0024384683
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 149
SP - 1357
EP - 1359
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 6
ER -