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In an occasional column, Journal Watch Psychiatry editors briefly comment on review articles. These annotations were written by Deborah Cowley, MD, Barbara Geller, MD, Peter Roy-Byrne, MD, and Joel Yager, MD.
No Smoking! The case for smoking bans in psychiatric and addiction treatment settings. Individuals with addictive or mental health disorders have a twofold to fourfold higher rate of smoking, heightened risks for tobacco-related health problems, a lower life expectancy, and more difficulty quitting smoking than the general population. These authors review the risks of tobacco use in people with psychiatric and addictive disorders, outcomes of tobacco bans in psychiatric facilities, ethical issues and obstacles to imposing tobacco bans, …