http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/hospitals.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16947464 http://tobacco.org/news/333508.html A senior midwife has advised staff at Belfast's Royal-Jubilee Maternity Hospital that if they intend to smoke, they should not do so in public. In an email leaked to the BBC, staff were told that a member of the public had lodged a complaint. It was over the sight of a member of hospital staff in theatre scrubs and hat smoking outside the maternity hospital. The complaint was made at the height of the pseudomonas health care crisis. The woman who complained said she had seen a member of staff smoking outside the maternity department. BBC Online UK Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/02/07/ottawa-smoking-bylaw-board-of-health.html http://tobacco.org/news/333415.html The Ottawa Board of Health has given the thumbs up to a new, harsher smoking bylaw, which has hurdled one more roadblock before coming to fruition. The new regulations, first proposed Jan. 30, would ban smoking at bar and restaurant patios and at city-run beaches and parks. Smoking would also be prohibited on any festival run on city property. Bylaw officers plan to use the spring to issue warnings to smokers and help people get used to the new rules. The fines, which are expected to be about $300, would start in the summer. But at a meeting Monday night, many anti-smoking advocates and Ottawa residents spoke in favour of a harsher bylaw. Many thought the next step should be banning all smoking on sidewalks. Others, such as one cancer survivor who underwent chemotherapy 10 years ago, want smoking banned on hospital campuses. CBC News Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/simple_rhyme_for_queen_alexandra_hospital_no_smoking_sign_1_3476940 http://tobacco.org/news/333295.html ANNE Jenner is hoping a simple rhyme will stop people lighting up outside the entrance of Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. The 53-year-old is the latest entrant in our poster competition, which aims to get smokers using designated shelters at the Cosham hospital. And it’s something Anne, of St Mary’s Road, Portsmouth, feels passionate about. . . . For her design Anne has come up with the phrase ‘congregating smokers equals patient chokers’. ‘I’m not anti-smoking, but I don’t think it’s right people smoke outside the hospital building,’ added Anne. Portsmouth News priya.mistry@thenews.co.uk (Priya Mistry) UK Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=19748 http://tobacco.org/news/333263.html Marking World Cancer Day Health Minister Joe Cassar said on Saturday morning that in 15 days' time Mater Dei Hospital and the grounds around it will become a smoke free zone. He said he will issue a legal notice to allow smoking only in three closed shelters. No one will be able to smoke in a car on the hospital grounds. Staff caught breaking the rules will face disciplinary measures and the police will enforce the ban amongst the people who visit hospital. Cassar said smoking remains the biggest killer in Malta where lung cancer is concerned: maltastar.com info@maltastar.com Malta Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120204/local/mater-dei-hospital-and-grounds-to-become-smoke-free.405254 http://tobacco.org/news/333262.html Mater Dei Hospital, including its extensive grounds will become a smoke free zone on February 20, Health Minister Joe Cassar said this morning. Addressing a news conference, the minister said three closed smoking shelters will be set up far out on the grounds. One will be close to university, one close to the employees car park and the third will be close to the Emergency Department but further out. A legal notice will issued to bring this into effect. Dr Cassar announced the measure while marking world cancer day, being celebrated today. Times of Malta mynews@timesofmalta.com Malta Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.independent.ie/national-news/stricter-smoking-rules-after-fire-death-in-home-3009203.html http://tobacco.org/news/333193.html THE death of a man with intellectual problems who accidentally set himself on fire will mean new safety procedures are introduced to hospitals and care facilities. Percy Ryan (68) died 16 days after he accidentally set his trousers alight. He was in a special smoking hut in a Health Service Executive-run care facility in Limerick at the time. Mr Ryan, who had only been in the home for seven months, died after he sustained serious burns to 30pc of his body. Immediately after nurses used a fire extinguisher, wet towels and basins of water to put out his blazing trousers, he told them: "I will never smoke again." Irish Independent Ireland Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/content/healthsouth-bans-tobacco-campus http://tobacco.org/news/333185.html HealthSouth Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital in Elizabethtown has become tobacco-free. The new policy began Wednesday with all designated on-campus smoking areas being eliminated. Officials said in a statement that they understand the total ban might be a hardship for some people, but they made the change out of concern for the health and safety of patients, visitors and employees. Elizabethtown News-Enterprise Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://telegraphindia.com/1120201/jsp/bihar/story_15077254.jsp http://tobacco.org/news/333168.html Residents rushing to government hospitals in the state capital for urgent healthcare are often greeted by cigarette smoke and tobacco stains on the premises. Traders and visitors merrily violate Section 6(b) of the Anti-Tobacco Act, 2003, that bans the sale and consumption of tobacco products within 100 yards of hospitals and health institutions. The Telegraph visited three hospitals in the state capital today and found rules being blown away with the smoke. IGIMS Squatters and stall owners sell cigarettes and other tobacco products right in front of the emergency ward at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS). . . . PMCH The condition at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) is no better. Patients and their relatives complain that kiosks selling tobacco products are a dime a dozen . . . NMCH Visitors to Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), too, have similar unpleasant experiences. "Whenever I come to NMCH, I am forced to be a passive smoker," The Telegraph India Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0203/1224311176759.html http://tobacco.org/news/333157.html A MAN suffered extensive burns last year after his clothes went on fire in the smoking area of a HSE -run psychiatric facility in Limerick, an inquest has heard. Percy Ryan (68), Knockballyfookeen, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, went into the smoking hut at O'Connell House, Newcastle West, on July 22nd, 2011. At 2.10pm, nursing staff heard shouts coming from the hut and found Mr Ryan, who was a smoker, on fire. Irish Times newsdesk@irishtimes.com (GEORGINA O'HALLORAN) Ireland Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Fine-smokes-hospital/story-15107318-detail/story.html http://tobacco.org/news/333152.html In the aftermath of a fire caused by a patient at Glenfield Hospital, we believe that anyone caught attempting to light a cigarette inside the premises should face an immediate fine or a criminal prosecution. The person behind the blaze faces no charges as there was 'no intent' to cause a fire, say police. However, this patient did decide to smoke in a building which has a strict no-smoking policy. We believe we will not be alone in the view that some sort of action must be taken in future. The smoker showed no regard for the hospital's rules, caused damage which will cost the NHS money and showed no respect for the staff and fellow patients on the ward - people who suffer from respiratory problems. . . . We believe this incident creates an opportunity to set down a marker and, in future, if someone smokes in a hospital they should, at the very least, face a very hefty fine. Leicester Mercury UK Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Sneaky-cigarette-caused-Leicester-hospital/story-15107375-detail/story.html http://tobacco.org/news/333119.html A patient smoking a sneaky cigarette in a hospital bed accidentally started a fire which forced a ward to be evacuated, it has emerged. Twenty nine patients fled Ward 16 at Glenfield Hospital and three members of staff needed treatment for smoke inhalation following the blaze. Hospital bosses are carrying out an internal inquiry into the fire, which happened on Christmas Day. Leicester Mercury UK Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.westernpeople.com/news/story/?trs=ojkfeysnau http://tobacco.org/news/333108.html As part of Mayo General Hospital’s commitment to become a smoke-free campus in 2012, smoking will no longer be permitted at the hospital entrance, the emergency department entrance and entrance to the 1930s building. These locations will be marked with a blue line and there will be signs in place to remind visitors and patients that smoking is not permitted. This is part of the HSE plan to implement a Tobacco Free Campus policy in all HSE settings by the end of 2015. Western People james.laffey@westernpeople.ie Ireland Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/02/03/2003524583 http://tobacco.org/news/333087.html Two thousand hospitals and clinics are expected to join in a nationwide campaign to help people quit smoking that will be launched on March 1, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday. About 180,000 people are expected to take advantage of the program, which will translate into 45,000 smokers quitting the habit, given an expected success rate of 25 percent, Bureau of Health Promotion Director-General Chiou Shu-ti (邱淑媞) said. Success is counted if someone remains smoke-free six months after the end of the program. Taipei Times Taiwan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dayandnightnews.com/2012/02/tobacco-sold-in-panchkula-dispensary-compound/ http://tobacco.org/news/333068.html The Haryana Health Department declares itself to be fit and fine but right inside its Panchkula Sector 20 dispensaries are vendors ready to sell you bidis, cigarettes and tobacco. In the dispensary you may or may not be able to get medicines but you are sure of getting tobacco. That's right. Also within the dispensary compound are tea-stalls employing small children. Both the underage workers and the tobacco sellers are illegal. Day & Night News India Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2012/jan/28/tmh-facilities-track-becoming-tobacco-free-july-1/ http://tobacco.org/news/333019.html Starting this summer, The Memorial Hospital, along with its satellite facilities, will be completely tobacco-free. At its regular meeting Thursday, the hospital board unanimously approved the final draft of a plan to prohibit smoking and any other kind of tobacco use on TMH grounds. Hospital officials are planning to put the new policy in place July 1. Smoking is already prohibited within a short distance outside a hospital, said Jennifer Riley, TMH chief of organizational excellence. Craig Daily Press Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT