Enforcing the new 'total' hospital smoking bans
Rusting, R.R.
Journal of Healthcare Protection Management Publication of the International Association for Hospital Security 28(1): 120-124
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0891-7930 PMID: 22423533 Document Number: 659351
No more smoking shacks. No more designated smoking areas. No more smoking in automobiles. No more smokeless tobacco. No tobacco, period, anywhere on hospital property. That is the trend, nationwide, spurred by new Surgeon General warnings and mandated by local ordnances. This article describes the problems faced by some security managers called on to enforce the new "no alternative" smoking bans and how they are solving them.