Al-Hamdani Mohammed
Department of Psychology, Saint Mary’s University, 923, Robie Street, Halifax, NS.
Healthc Policy. 2012 Nov;8(2):24-9.
Federal and provincial legislation bans smoking in indoor public spaces and workplaces, yet exemptions exist for residential facilities such as nursing homes and addiction treatment centres. In relying on ventilated smoking rooms, however, these organizations are failing to protect the health of their employees and clients. Increased use of risk messages regarding the harms of second- and third-hand smoke, together with enhanced nicotine replacement therapies for smokers, would rectify this disproportionate injustice. Such an approach must also recognize and counteract the efforts of the tobacco industry to block total indoor smoking bans.
联邦和省级立法禁止在室内公共场所和工作场所吸烟，但养老院和戒毒治疗中心等住宅设施除外。然而，这些机构依赖通风吸烟室，未能保护员工和客户的健康。增加关于二手烟和三手烟危害的风险信息，同时加强针对吸烟者的尼古丁替代疗法，将纠正这种不公平现象。这种方法还必须认识到并抵制烟草业阻止全面室内吸烟禁令的努力。
