Yes, No smoking on hospital grounds
From what I have observed, this rule is never policed.
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Iām not a smoker now, but I think itās only the self righteous seeking the high moral ground that complain about smokersā¦ 
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That is c**p
Cigarettes stink, no more need be said.
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They might stink to you Bretrickā¦some people get an awful lot of pleasure out of sucking on a burning stick.
Other people find their pleasure in drinking alcohol or gamblingā¦etcā¦
There will be tens of posters who canāt wait to fire up their keyboards to say āYes but people drinking alcohol or gambling doesnāt hurt innocent peopleāā¦What about when they come home after a skinfull and beat the crap out of their wifeā¦Iāve seen that a lot round here, and it does more damage than breathing in second hand smoke for about twenty seconds.
My daughter lived with a drunken wife beater for several years until we got her away from himā¦I wish heād been a smoker instead of a drinker, he might be dead by now hopefully!
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My post was addressing the stench of cigarettes, no more, no less.
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Fair enough Bretā¦Nuff saidā¦
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Strangely, itās uninhaled tobacco smoke that stinks.
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With those who hate smoking with a passion the descriptions areā¦
stench
foul
vile
stink
reek
dirty
filthy
To those who donāt mind it so much, the words are not so emotive, such asā¦
smell
odour
whiff.
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That sounds like horrifying pain . I used to be invincible but now I even see a syringe and feel like passing out .
Did you completely recover from that ?
Yes, completely after treatment and weeks of physio. Iād like to say I did it mountaineering or something adventurous but no. I tripped over my tool case while carrying a customerās big old Betamax video recorder. I more or less saved the video recorder from serious damage but it cut my finger so deeply the tendons could be seen moving about.
The customer was most understanding and invited me in to run my finger under the tap. While doing that, the pain from the knee made its presence known. I was taken to the hospital ā¦only a couple of hundred yards away as it happened. The kneecap had broken into 3 pieces. It swelled up very large and the fluid was drained off. The leg plastered from foot to thigh and I was put the ward for a week. It hurt like hell but at least I could have a smoke there, which was a great comfort to me, 
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OMG that and tendon cut sound brutal . I have heard from people who have had knee breaks that the worse that and of course back .
I was involved in a car accident back in 1968 I was a passenger in the front seat at the time.
The car drove into a ditch and fell on itās side, my fist went through the windscreen and my arm disappeared into the windscreen up to my shoulder and then the car fell on my arm bending it backwards until my hand and fingers came through the side window and rested on my shoulder.
I thought my arm had been severed, but my hand was attached to the rest of my arm just by skin and tendons, both bones (radius and ulna) had broken just above my wrist.
I had a weeks stay in hospitalā¦
Ashtrays were provided at every bedside and cigarettes were passed around freely, even by some of the nursesā¦ 
I wore a pot all the way from shoulder to hand with just a thumb sticking out, it remained on for nine monthsā¦
and the self righteous ones are often the EX smokers lol