Sermo, an independent platform and leader in actionable healthcare professional insights, surveyed more than 15,000 doctors online in 11 countries (China, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States)
Smoking was the friend that was always there when things got rough
Furthermore, smoking inside a home may signal a broader pattern of indoor environmental neglect
Scientific purposes: usage as a tool to investigate the substances roles in people's health or diseases (3)
Administrators cannot reconcile providing health care and advocating for healthy habits with allowing people to smoke around people whose health may be compromised as they come to their facility to seek care