Should psychiatric hospitals completely ban smoking?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Arnott, Deborah ^a   Wessely, Simon ^b   Fitzpatrick, Michael ^a  

^a Action on Smoking and Health   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CANNABIS USE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84949033532     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5654     Document Type: Article

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