Hospitals should be smoke-free

NHS hospitals and clinics should become completely smoke-free to create a culture where smoking is no longer considered the norm, says NICE.Patients who smoke should be offered smoking cessation drugs, nicotine patches, and counselling as soon as they are admitted to an acute, maternity or mental health setting to encourage them to quit.NHS staff, visitors, and family members should also be encouraged to stop smoking as part of a cultural shift in the way in which the NHS tackles smoking.Smoking shelters and other designated smoking areas should all be removed from secondary settings as part of the smoke-free plans.€œIt is