Smoking Ban in Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: An Iranian Study on the Views and Attitudes of the Mental Health Staff and Psychiatric Patients

Table 1

View and attitudes about smoking in psychiatric inpatient unit, patients questionnaire (total = 90 patients).

Questions	Agree Frequency/ %	Indifferent Frequency/ %	Disagree Frequency/ %
Q1: I am very upset that patients are smoking in the units	57(63.3%)	21(23.3%)	12(13.3%)
Q2: Smoking in the unit is harmful to my health	70(77.8%)	9(10%)	11(12.2%)
Q3: Smoking in the unit is harmful to staff’s health	80(88.9%)	7(7.8%)	3(3.3%)
Q4: It is feasible to quit smoking during psychiatric admission	57(63.3%)	17(18.9%)	16(17.8%)
Q5: It is not fair to force patients to quit smoking during their admission	74(82.2%)	5(5.6%)	11(12.2%)
Q6: We should educate patient and advise patients about quit smoking	73(81.1%)	15(16.7%)	2(2.2%)
Q7: Patients could quit smoking with replacement therapy in the unit	62(68.9%)	21(23.3%)	7(7.8%)