No Smoking. Outside the hospital. They have to be Swedes.

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

 

[Paul Taylor]

I work in a hospital - and we have signs all over the place outside that say "Tobacco Free Campus / No Smoking" and people will ignore them and light up a cig right outside the front door and then act surprised/angry when security comes out to talk to them.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The worst offenders I witnessed recently were staff members, some brazenly smoking next to a No Smoking sign. There is even a beautiful path called the Wellness Walk, which I traversed latterly. It was populated with nurses smoking while on a break. Wellness indeed!

Good shot, Ivar, but, really, it could be anywhere.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I confess to being guilty. I smoked when I was hospitalised and I will do it again if I can, no matter what.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I confess to being guilty. I smoked when I was hospitalised and I will do it again if I can, no matter what.

It is not a matter of smoking Gianluca, it is a matter of where. I am sure you smoke where it is designated to smoke, but not where it is prohibited.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

It is not a matter of smoking Gianluca, it is a matter of where. I am sure you smoke where it is designated to smoke, but not where it is prohibited.

The whole hospital area is smoking-free where I live (inside and outside), so...

 

[Paul Taylor]

The worst offenders I witnessed recently were staff members, some brazenly smoking next to a No Smoking sign. There is even a beautiful path called the Wellness Walk, which I traversed latterly. It was populated with nurses smoking while on a break. Wellness indeed!

Good shot, Ivar, but, really, it could be anywhere.

The hospital I work for - part of the hiring process is a tobacco test that is performed after the drug test and vaccination panel. Luckily I have only seen two employees in the last 5 years that smoked (and did so on-site) and they aren't employed here anymore so I am betting they were "caught." It turns out that the strict zero-tolerance policy on smoking at the current career is one I value the most. Having spent most of my life working at places where there were smokers with little regard to those who don't - it is literally a breath of fresh air to not have to deal with it. I can't wait for my eventual retirement plan to come into fruition (move far from "civilization" by modern standards) so the exposure to smoking, marijuana, and vaping will be nearly zero.

 

[Gary Ayala]

There are so many laws against smoking in California, I rarely see a smoker anywhere.

 

[Chris Bennett]

I like the photo, Ivar, and I echo your sentiments.
May I offer my own take on the theme? From 2019.

'Rebel without an ashtray'

 

[Keith Drysdale]

As a tobacco addict, clean for ten years, I prefer not to smell smoke, but I do feel sorry for less mobile patients who can't leave the grounds of hospitals. In my youth, it seemed everyone smoked, especially in films and on TV. I succumbed at a very young age to exposure and advertising (and both parents smoked). It only takes one cigarette to get addicted, but we can't tell which one it will be.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

As a tobacco addict, clean for ten years, I prefer not to smell smoke, but I do feel sorry for less mobile patients who can't leave the grounds of hospitals. In my youth, it seemed everyone smoked, especially in films and on TV. I succumbed at a very young age to exposure and advertising (and both parents smoked). It only takes one cigarette to get addicted, but we can't tell which one it will be.

I feel as you Keith and dumped every urge to smoke back in 2008.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I like the photo, Ivar, and I echo your sentiments.
May I offer my own take on the theme? From 2019.

'Rebel without an ashtray'

A very good image indeed.

 

[Chris Bennett]

A very good image indeed.

Thank you Ivar