Evolution of Smoking Policies in Oregon Psychiatric Facilities
Abstract
mission onthe JointHealthcare ReferencesOrganizations.Occasionally cigarettes have been smoked on the ward after being smuggled in or brought in by visitors. This raises the risk of fire because of the secretive and unsafe nature of smoking in bed or bathrooms. However, the problem has abated with increased expenience. Oregon smokers may be more accepting of limitations because of the stateâs aggressive stand on regulation of public smoking. Oregon appears to have a low rate of smoking compared with the national average. Nineteen percent of adults in Multnomah County (the Portland metropolitan area) oven the age of 1 8 smoke compared cation, with the national Lung average1. WhiteJR, Froeb HF: Small airway dysfunction in nonsmokers chronically cxposed to tobacco smoke. New England Journal of Medicine 302:720-723, 1980 2. Dawley HH, Burton MC: Smokixig control in a hospital setting. Addictive Behaviors 10:351-355, 1985 3. Noble KA, Lauzon RRJ: Guidelines for administrators creating smoke-free hospitals. Dimensions in Health 5crvice 63:24-26, 1986 4. Catford JC, Nutbeam D: Smoking in hospitals. Lancet 2:94-96,July 9, 19835. Hughes JR, Hatsukami D: Signs and symptoms of tobacco withdrawal. Archives of General Psychiatry 43:289294, 1986 6. Hughes JR, Gust SW, Pechacek 1fF: Prevalence of tobacco dependence and withdrawal.