How does this policy support our commitment to patients and families, who may rely on smoking to relieve the stress of being in the hospital?
A. Smoking cessation resources will be available to assist patients and family members when they are here. Patients and families have access to counselors if they wish to work toward quitting smoking and/or help make their stay or visit more tolerable. Smoking is not allowed on the hospital campus but smoking is permitted on the sidewalks outside the hospital grounds. [Provide additional detail as available. Family members of patients who are admitted into certain areas of the hospital [enter examples] will be given pagers when they leave the campus to smoke. The pages will alert them if there is an emergency and they need to return.
