Hospitals to go smokefree.
ON WORLD Smokefree Day, May 31, all district health board hospitals
--inside and within grounds--will go smoke free. The ruling will apply
to all staff, patients, visitors and contractors, and follows the
passing of the Smokefree Amendment Act 2003. This aims to prevent, as
far as is reasonably practicable practicable adj. when something can be done or performed. , the detrimental det·ri·men·tal
adj.
Causing damage or harm; injurious.
det ri·men effect of other
people's smoking on the health of people in workplaces. It is
estimated that 388 people die annually as a result of second-hand smoke second-hand smoke Passive smoking, see there .
All schools went smokefree at the beginning of the year, with all
other workplaces, including bars and restaurants, due to become smoke
free by December December: see month. 10.
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