Smoke Free: Inside, Outside, Everywhere!
In the interest of patient well being, Hawkesbury District Health Service (HDHS) is a smoke free organisation. This includes all areas of the hospital & community health sites for staff, clients and visitors including off-site areas that are leased by the hospitals & service providers.
To assist patients in meeting the smoke free requirements during their stay at HDHS and to decrease the effects of nicotine withdrawal, NRT patches and NRT lozenges will be made available to all nicotine dependant inpatients.
Visitors are asked to abstain from smoking whilst on the premises: Inside, Outside, Everywhere! Barley Sugars or NRT lozenges may be of assistance to abstaining from smoking whist visiting HDHS.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products are availble at reduced prices for smokers who want to quit. Please see your pharmacist or GP.
A message to patients...
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster ~ Your hospital visit is a great time to quit smoking.
Why should I quit now?
Smoking may slow your recovery from surgery and illness. It may also slow bone and wound healing:
All hospitals in the NSW are smoke free.
You will be told NOT to Smoke during your hospital stay - now is a great time to quit!
How do I quit in the hospital?
Talk to your doctor or other hospital staff about a plan for quitting. Ask for help right away.
Your doctor may give you medicine to help you handle withdrawal while in the hospital and beyond.
Helpful hints to stay quit
Ask your friends and family for support.
Continue your quit plan after your hospital stay.
Make sure you leave the hospital with the right medicines or prescriptions.
A message to smokers...
At Hawkesbury District Health Service (HDHS), health is our main concern.
By smoking at HDHS you will be putting the health of yourself & others at risk.
The second hand tobacco hazards that remains on your clothing, skin & hair is harmful to all those you come in contact with... babies, children, other adults, visitors, patients and staff.
Do not put your health & the health of others at further risk by smoking on our premises.
Contact the Quitline, your GP, HDHS D&A counselling team, or HDHS D&A CLO for help
To view the smoke free HDHS brochure click here
