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Secondhand smoke in Nursing Facilities in the
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July 20, 2016
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California Delaware	New York Ohio	Skilled Nursing	Virginia

California

9/28/12 Brown vetoes bill seeking nursing home smoking ban Daily Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking in long-term health care facilities.
6/7/12 Smoking In Long-Term Care Facilities Debated California HealthLine California already prohibits smoking inside hospital buildings, so Assembly member Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) thought it made good sense to extend that ban to long-term nursing facilities.

Delaware

12/31/12 Veterans given an exception on smoking ban Delaware Online They will be allowed to continue lighting up in the state-run facility’s designated smoking area, a covered patio out behind the dining room.

New York

9/30/13 Many Nursing Homes Operate Without Adequate Sprinkler Systems New York Times If the nursing home your relative or friend lives in does not have sprinklers throughout the building, you probably want to push the issue, especially since even facilities with no-smoking policies had to “grandfather” current residents who smoke, allowing them to continue in at least some area of the building.
6/1/12 Group home operator shuts smoking rooms to save lives TimesUnion.com Leaders at Mohawk Opportunities made the decision to ban smoking from their group homes after looking at the statistics.

Ohio

2/13/16

Bob Dyer: Smokin’ hot about his workplace duty

Ohio.com The nonsmoker is required to do that every workday, mainly because the Health Department considers “nursing homes” to be private residences, rather than public accommodations.

Skilled Nursing

5/1/12 How are SNFs handling residents who use e-cigarettes? McKnights.com Q: We have a new resident who is smoking the e-cigarette. What are facilities doing with it?

Virginia

8/9/13 Nursing home slapped with $1.5 million fine in case over smoking policy enforcement, supervision McKnight's Long-Term Care News The center also has a no-smoking policy, and inspections after the incident cited the facility for not enforcing that policy consistently.
8/7/13 Negligence suit costs Carriage Hill $1.45M fredericksburg.com He suffered second- and third-degree burns on June 3, 2011, after his sweatpants caught fire while he was smoking a cigarette unattended just outside the facility, court papers say. He was in a wheelchair at the time.

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