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onewheeldave Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Despite the area being no smoking selfish smokers continue to smoke outside a childrens ward window. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/young-patients-beg-selfish-visitors-1350155 PATIENTS at a children’s hospital have started their own campaign to stop smokers lighting up outside their wards. The youngsters at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow – some suffering from fatal illnesses – have designed new “no smoking” posters after a previous bid to stub the problem out failed. Last week, we revealed how shameless visitors ignored an emotional plea to stop smoking from a seven-year-old cancer patient. The terminally ill boy featured on a sign which begged smokers not to light up under his window because he was breathing in their toxic fumes. Courtney Sloan, 12, of Kilmarnock, was one of 10 youngsters who took part in the project. The schoolgirl, who has Crohn’s disease, has been an in-patient for 10 months. She said: “I can smell cigarette smoke coming through the air vents when I go down to the canteen. “It’s horrible and it can sometimes make me feel quite sick. All the children think it’s disgusting and wish people would smoke in the street instead. In July, we revealed how cancer patients arriving at chemotherapy clinics had to walk through a haze of smoke as staff and visitors lit up at entrances despite signs forbidding it. I have seen similar crowds of smokers in the no smoking area outside the Hallamshire Hospital. Isn't it time hospital authorities actually made the effort to enforce their own no smoking areas? Easy solution is for the hospital to provide a sheltered smoking area conveniently close to the entrances, but far enough away that people using the entrance aren't affected. Just make sure it's a nice enough shelter that smokers don't feel degraded using it i.e. not some little transparent box a mile round the back in some dingy location that makes smokers feel like 2nd class citizens that should be ashamed of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 wow, that is messed up dude. Yep,gotta agree with you on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Easy solution is for the hospital to provide a sheltered smoking area conveniently close to the entrances, but far enough away that people using the entrance aren't affected. Just make sure it's a nice enough shelter that smokers don't feel degraded using it i.e. not some little transparent box a mile round the back in some dingy location that makes smokers feel like 2nd class citizens that should be ashamed of themselves. There is one of these at the Hallamshire, it doesn't get used though probably because you have to walk an extra 20 meters to get to it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeldave Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 There is one of these at the Hallamshire, it doesn't get used though probably because you have to walk an extra 20 meters to get to it.. Shift it 15 meters towards the entrance then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Each pack of cigs carries a warning such as SMOKING KILLS yet people still smoke. If that doesn't concentrate their minds a fine probably won't. Yes but a fine could deprive them of the means to buy their next packet of 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I'm not sure the other patients would agree there, but I suppose a smokers main priority is the next ciggie and not the health of others. There were no other patients, that was rather the point of radiological isolation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Easy solution is for the hospital to provide a sheltered smoking area conveniently close to the entrances, but far enough away that people using the entrance aren't affected. Just make sure it's a nice enough shelter that smokers don't feel degraded using it i.e. not some little transparent box a mile round the back in some dingy location that makes smokers feel like 2nd class citizens that should be ashamed of themselves. Y:thumbsup:es it is wrong to denigrate the smokers whose taxes finance so much NHS expenditure-thanks for smoking guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Smokers have had their day and the sooner they realise that the better, I have been visiting my mum daily at hospital and the entrance is littered with people on drips smoking ….. it’s a joke. There was even one guy with handcuffs on chained to two security guards … all so he could have a cig …. What a waist of resources and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Smokers have had their day and the sooner they realise that the better, I have been visiting my mum daily at hospital and the entrance is littered with people on drips smoking ….. it’s a joke. There was even one guy with handcuffs on chained to two security guards … all so he could have a cig …. What a waist of resources and money. That really takes the biscuit-absolutley tragic.How can anyone smoke at 35p a pop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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