Psychiatric patients less violent when smoking restricted

Psychiatric patients less violent when smoking restricted

Well, this explains a lot:
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Psychiatric patients less violent when smoking restricted - BMJ
July 16, 2008

Lisa Hitchen

Violence and aggressive incidents were cut by almost half when a smoking ban
was introduced at one English acute psychiatric hospital.

In data yet to be published, but seen by the BMJ, investigators at Harplands
Hospital in North Staffordshire examined all recorded episodes of violence
and aggression that staff experienced. They compared all incidents a year
before the introduction of a smoke-free hospital policy in April 2006 with
those in the year after. Harplands, like other hospitals, introduced a
partial ban so that staff and patients could still smoke in designated
areas outside the hospital.

The findings come as the Department of Health introduced a complete ban on
smoking in all psychiatric hospitals in England from 1 July.
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BMJ 2008;337:a735

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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Robert Wagner, June 6, 2008

Re: Psychiatric patients less violent when smoking restricted


"The BIG N" <nizo1@verizon,net > wrote in message
news:0e906585-861e-430f-8b90-19baeb41e69a@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
> Mincing Babs Broughton <rbrone...@SASHAY.ca> wrote:
>> Well, this explains a lot:
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> <snip balderdash>
>
> Hooey, ya' silly prancing twit!

Suuuuuuuuuuuuck it, psycho-fem ... suuuuuuuuck it goooooooood!