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Reasons for changes in smoking habits after admission – quotes from inpatients |
| A: Reasons for smoking more |
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| Boredom: |
| "Boredom, especially between 12.15 and 5 o'clock when there's nothing else to do in the hospital; then after tea until visitors come it's mainly boredom" (m, 59); "Smoking gives you something to do" (f,32) |
| Socialising: |
| "I meet more people in the smoke room... I don't inhale so there's only a slight effect; it's more to do with socialising" (m, 38); "You go in the smoke room to talk to somebody and you end up putting a ciggy in your mouth" (f, 38) |
| Stress reduction |
| "My stress levels are up and I smoke to reduce them" (f, 22) |
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| B: Reasons for smoking less |
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| Limited, unpleasant smoking areas |
| "You can't just sit with everyone else together, you have to go to a separate room to smoke, you can't sit and watch TV whilst smoking" (f, 49); "It's not as convenient to smoke in here... sometimes it's uneasy in the smoke room, gets a bit claustrophobic in there" (f, 34) |
| Improved mental state |
| "I was very, very anxious before I came into hospital so I was smoking a lot more trying to calm me down" (m, 57) |
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In brackets are m/f for male/female, and the patient's age in years. |
Ker and Owens Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2008 4:12 doi:10.1186/1745-0179-4-12 |