Research
True or False: According to (Berget et. al), more patients in the long-term facility believed the smoking ban placed was beneficial to improve their health and promote cessation compared to the acute setting.
TRUE :)
Name a reason to allow smoking on psychiatric units:
Smoking is a lifestyle, not an addiction.
Calm distraught patients
Smoking is a coping strategy for illness and stress
Prevent patient aggression
provide comfort during admission stay
What is the ethical judgement or reasoning of why it is unethical to allow smoking in hospitals?
According to (thomas and Richmond 2017), it is unethical to have a smoke free policy because the purpose of a hospital is to “promote health”. Smoking would therefore be hypocritical.
What fraction of smokers quit smoking successfully in the long-term psychiatric study?
1/3
Name a reason against allowing smoking on psychiatric units:
“Strip the patient from their right to smoke” - autonomy-based ethical issue
Harmful effects of secondhand smoke
Additional Psychiatric diagnoses may appear with nicotine abuse
Promote health-positive culture
Support cessation
Reduce health inequities caused by smoking as a risk factor
True or False: According to (Thomas and Richmond 2017), if smoking bans are placed, it should only be on patients, not visitors or staff, because patients get all rights taken from them when admitted.
False
What fraction of smokers that quit smoking in the long-term psychiatric study stated the ban helped lead to smoking cessation?
1/2
What ethical principle is taken away from an individual when not given the right to smoke?
autonomy
According to (Arnott et. al 2015), what key term prevents patients from taking responsibility for their actions by going against their will or consent?
paternalism