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Should psychiatric hospitals completely ban smoking?
BMJ 2015; 351 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h5654 (Published 04 November 2015)
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Re: Should psychiatric hospitals completely ban smoking?
Smoking should be banned in all hospital premises for all patients and staff including psychiatric patients. Patients with mental illness have two risks from smoking. Other than health hazards, fire accidents can happen intentionally or unintentionally due to smoking in mentally ill patients.
Competing interests: No competing interests
08 November 2015
M A Aleem
Neurologist
ABC Hospital
Annamalainagar Trichy 620018 Tamilnadu India
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