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

Table 2

View and attitudes about smoking in psychiatric inpatient unit, staff’s questionnaire (total = 30 staff).

Questions	Agree Frequency/ %	Indifferent Frequency/ %	Disagree Frequency/ %
Q1: I am very upset that patients are smoking in the units	17(56.7%)	6(20%)	7(23.3%)
Q2: I think that working in a smoke allowed unit is harmful to my health	26(86.7%)	2(6.7%)	2(6.7%)
Q3: I think that working in a smoke allowed unit is harmful to patient’s health	27(90%)	2(6.7%)	1(3.3%)
Q4: Smoking in the unit is harmful to patient’s psychological health	10(33.3%)	7(23.3%)	13(43.3%)
Q5: It is not fair to force patients to quit smoking during their admission	26(86.7%)	1(3.3%)	3(10%)
Q6: We should education patient and advise patients about quit smoking	29(96.7%)	1(3.3%)	0(0%)
Q7: Patients could quit smoking with replacement therapy in the unit	24(80%)	6(20%)	0(0%)
Q8: Changing a psychiatric unit to a smoke-free unit is not feasible	14(46.7%)	10(33.3%)	6(20%)