There's no smoke without fire: Smoking in smoke-free acute mental health wards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who smoke with serious mental illness carry disproportionate costs from smoking, including poor health and premature death from tobacco-related illnesses. Hospitals in New Zealand are ostensibly smoke-free; however, some mental health wards have resisted implementing this policy.

Aim

This study explored smoking in acute metal health wards using data emerging from a large sociological study on modern acute psychiatric units.

Methods

Eighty-five in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff and service users from four units. Data were analysed using a social constructionist problem representation approach.

Results

Although high-level smoke-free policies were mandatory, most participants disregarded these policies and smoking occ

SUBMITTER: Jenkin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592473 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature