Poll: Should smoking be banned on NHS hospital grounds?
As new guidance advises that NHS hospitals should ban smoking on their premises and staff should be told not to help patients who want to smoke, we want to know what you think.
Measures are needed to help patients stop smoking while they receive care and "preferably help them to stop for good", the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said.
While individual NHS trusts will have the final say, staff and people using NHS services, including clinics, should be told not to smoke on the hospital grounds, Nice said.
All hospitals should have an on-site stop-smoking service and staff will be told not to help or "facilitate" patients who want to smoke.
Should smoking be banned on NHS hospital grounds? Vote in our poll and have your say in the comments below:
