Jornal de Pesquisa Clínica e Bioética

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Negligence about Unrestricted Smoking among Mentally Ill Patients

Saba Un Nisa, Anila Naz Ali Sher

Smoking is injurious to health therefore, prohibited almost everywhere and considered illegal. A lot of people are already aware about the side effects of it, but still choses to get addicted, which is a bad choice. In hospital settings, it has been observed that smokers are not following the hospital policies and continue to smoke even in restricted areas, amid other patients which put the others health at stake. Mentally ill patients should be abstaining from smoking; therefore, Negligence in this regard can lead to serious consequences. Careless behavior of hospital staff in controlling the smoking in the hospital premises must be criticized and should be rein in immediately in order to protect from further harm.