Pierre Cuny takes a whiff of nostalgia: “And to think that when I was an intern, we all smoked in the hospital. Another era…” The former head of department (endocrinology) happily squashes this memory. This brief fling with incendiary blondes did not last.
In his capacity as vice-president of the supervisory board of the CHR Metz-Thionville, he would like to revise the bad history which links the hospital sector with this harmful pleasure. Several months ago, the current mayor of Thionville alerted the governing body to the deplorable image reflected by health establishments: “Whether in Bel-Air or in Mercy, the two entrances are populated, all during the day, smokers. We cannot leave “that” as visual. »
The antagonism between the necessary duty of prevention of a care center and “these patients, some of whom are infused, who smoke their cigarettes” is striking. “In a way, we allow them to push their intoxication within the hospital itself. It’s still special, let’s agree…”
To stop this addiction, he calls for “regulation”, a popular term in hospitals, of nicotine use: “We need to define less visible smoking areas. Put them aside. And above all, protect the entrance hall of the Thionville health establishment.” In short, hiding smokers behind a more anonymous veil. The method echoes the particularity of Thionville, one of the three pilot municipalities in the Grand Est to have integrated, in 2020, the Free City without Tobacco system. This commitment has resulted in the marking of non-smoking areas around public buildings, schools and in city parks: “We are going to extend the system to nurseries. And we are also targeting sports venues. The hospital must follow now. » In this matter, he should even set an example.
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