Monday 6 March 2017

Hospital smoking ban forces patients onto dangerous roads, says trust

Hospital smoking ban forces patients onto dangerous roads, says trust An NHS hospital is refusing to ban smoking on its premises because it believes doing so would put patients in danger of speeding vehicles.

The bosses of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals in Dorset are defending their use of designated smoking areas despite pressure from Government health officials.

The trust said it had previously tried a ban of smoking on its grounds, but that this had only forced smokers dangerously close to the adjacent main road where cars and lorries frequently travel at 50 mph. The Daily Telegraph

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