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Old 16th Feb 2002, 15:32
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Most NHS hospitals now operate a total non-smoking poilcy for staff on-site. However, when these policies first started some ten to fifteen years ago, most hospitals had to provide a "staff smoking room" to prevent mass rioting! <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

But the most successful implementation of this that I came across in the various hospitals that I worked in whilst I was training was:

Small room, no furniture, no air conditioning, no windows, and rarely cleaned...

... but most important of all, the room was situated in the entrance lobby of the mortuary!

<img src="eek.gif" border="0">

I've never seen so many staff give up smoking so quickly.

Incidentally, next time you visit a hospital, look at the floor around the entrance doors. Maybe the smell and the mess all those butts cause will put you off. <img src="mad.gif" border="0">

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