Outdoor smoking in hospitals and health facilities. Should it be banned? : Grin Publishing : 9783656638360 : 3656638365 : 16 Apr 2014 : Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Nursing Science, grade: A, language: English, abstract: Smoke free policies in health care settings have not been well regulated even though hospitals are an obvious place where smoking should not be tolerated. Tobacco remains the largest avoidable illness and death in United States and responsible for 1 out of 5 deaths. It is still considered as an epidemic to women with the lung cancer dipping in men. The smoke has killed over 60 million people since World War II. Banning smoking outdoors in health care facilities provides a better healing environment for patients. Health care facilities need to adopt smoking-free polices in an effort to promoting and protecting public health. It is essential that important that the health care and social services agencies promote behaviors that lead to good health (Kau