Jump to full article: Kodiak (AK) Daily Mirror, 2007-12-10
Author: BRYAN MARTIN Mirror Writer
Intro: No longer will a patient at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center be seen dragging an IV outside in order to get a puff from a cigarette.
Providence is now smoke-free since a ban on smoking inside or outside of the hospital went into effect.
“The idea is to practice what we preach,”
Alice Coen, hospital director of quality and accreditation, said Friday.
Providence initiated the new policy in November as part of the Great American Smokeout.
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