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¦
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and the self righteous ones are often the EX smokers lol
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By whom, the anti Faggers 
Very vasty OGF. A difficult time with the immobile arm ā¦especially if you were into rolling your own smokes.
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I used to do a calculation in my head of how much money I had saved in a particular year by no longer smoking. At first it was enough to go on a holiday, these days it would probably be enough to buy a car!
It is a rarity to see anyone smoking an actual cigarette. So I no longer have cause to moan about the smell. When I first stopped smoking back in the early noughties it used to really bother me to be anywhere near a smoker, even outside, mainly because my nose and throat would react . It literally made me feel sick.
Luckily they banned smoking in indoor spaces in the UK back in about 2006. Nowadays people donāt even vape so much. I guess it all costs money which can be spent on other things.
I understand that these days many young people are turning to healthy lifestyles. They are even avoiding alcohol.
They say that smoking is part of an oral fixation, which may include sticking pens in your mouth (when we still used pens!), chewing pencils or biting your nails. Perhaps in the old days it was down to letting a baby cry rather than picking it up for a cuddle. Iām not sure, but itās a self-soothing behaviour related to neglect or trauma during the first 18 months of life.
Stopping smoking was the most difficult thing I have ever had to do. But also one of the most rewarding health-wise (and financially!)
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I must have been a rarity because one day I said no more cigarettes and never had another one.
No trouble at all stopping. Probably 20 years ago now.
Ridiculous the prices now. Over $50 a packet.
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WOW that was brutal
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Yes to say rare is an understatement . I have never smoked but in my walk through life know plenty who did and not easy at all to quit , some still smoke .
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The interesting thing was, I was bent down in the car lighting two cigarettes for me and my mate when the car left the road, I just had time to stick my arm out to protect my head, otherwise it would probably have been my head that went through the windscreen (no seatbelts in those days) so you could say that smoking actually saved my life NCSā¦
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