Background: In 2008, mental health units in England went smoke-free by law. This study explores inpatients ’ experience with a smoke-free policy, their smoking behaviour, dependence, withdrawal and related issues. Material: Semi-structured interviews in a criterion sample of 15 inpatient smokers. Discussion: Patients generally approved of the smoke-free policy, provided they could smoke outside. Most participants had changed their smoking behaviour following admission. Most had little knowledge of nicotine dependence, reported a lack of structured support for smoking cessation, and a general interest in this being made available. Nicotine dependence was reportedly lower in the ward than in the home setting. Conclusions: More structured supp...
Introduction In line with national guidance, mental health Trusts in England are implementing compl...
Although guidelines for the treatment of nicotine dependence have been implemented in general hospit...
Objective: Smoke-free policies have been introduced in inpatient psychiatric facilities in most deve...
Background: People with a mental illness experience a higher burden of smoking-related disease. Smok...
The implementation of smoke-free policies in inpatient psychiatric facilities, including patient adh...
The implementation of smoke free policies in inpatient psychiatric facilities, including patient adh...
Introduction: Mental health inpatients smoke at higher rates than general population smokers. Howeve...
Introduction: Mental health inpatients smoke at higher rates than general population smokers. Howeve...
Background People who smoke with serious mental illness carry disproportionate costs from smoking, i...
INTRODUCTION: In line with national guidance, mental health Trusts in England are implementing compl...
This is an exploratory descriptive study with quantitative and qualitative approach, which aims to k...
Very little is known concerning the views and beliefs of psychiatric inpatients about smoking in hos...
Only one in five people in the general population smoke tobacco but most patients in secure and fore...
Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. Even though smok...
Objective: People with mental health difficulties (MHD) are more likely to smoke and to have smoking...
Introduction In line with national guidance, mental health Trusts in England are implementing compl...
Although guidelines for the treatment of nicotine dependence have been implemented in general hospit...
Objective: Smoke-free policies have been introduced in inpatient psychiatric facilities in most deve...
Background: People with a mental illness experience a higher burden of smoking-related disease. Smok...
The implementation of smoke-free policies in inpatient psychiatric facilities, including patient adh...
The implementation of smoke free policies in inpatient psychiatric facilities, including patient adh...
Introduction: Mental health inpatients smoke at higher rates than general population smokers. Howeve...
Introduction: Mental health inpatients smoke at higher rates than general population smokers. Howeve...
Background People who smoke with serious mental illness carry disproportionate costs from smoking, i...
INTRODUCTION: In line with national guidance, mental health Trusts in England are implementing compl...
This is an exploratory descriptive study with quantitative and qualitative approach, which aims to k...
Very little is known concerning the views and beliefs of psychiatric inpatients about smoking in hos...
Only one in five people in the general population smoke tobacco but most patients in secure and fore...
Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. Even though smok...
Objective: People with mental health difficulties (MHD) are more likely to smoke and to have smoking...
Introduction In line with national guidance, mental health Trusts in England are implementing compl...
Although guidelines for the treatment of nicotine dependence have been implemented in general hospit...
Objective: Smoke-free policies have been introduced in inpatient psychiatric facilities in most deve...