Table 2 Perceived benefits of a total smoking ban

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

Make the place look/smell better (183)

88

64

76

83

81

147

8

6

14

15

11

21

4

3

10

11

8

14

Help staff stop smoking (183)

67

49

65

71

66

120

18

13

27

29

23

42

15

11

8

9

11

20

Improve patient physical health (183)

69

50

62

68

65

118

17

12

27

29

23

41

14

10

11

12

12

22

Improve working conditions (183)

62

45

66

72

64

117

25

18

17

19

20

37

14

10

16

18

15

28

Increase patient quality of life (183)

41

30

39

43

40

73

33

24

42

46

38

70

26

19

18

20

21

39

Help patients stop smoking (183)

41

30

36

39

38

69

15

21

34

37

29

52

38

28

30

33

33

61

Increase the quality of care (183)

29

21

32

35

31

56

45

33

50

54

48

87

26

19

18

20

21

39

Improve patient mental health (183)

36

26

24

26

29

52

27

20

44

48

37

68

37

27

32

35

34

62

Make the unit safer (183)

26

19

27

29

26

48

31

23

39

43

36

66

42

31

34

37

37

68

Reduce medication use (72)

17

12

28

20

56

40

Create less work (183)

18

13

8

9

12

22

33

24

39

43

37

67

49

36

52

57

51

93

Increase rapport between patients (72)

11

8

37

27

51

37

Decrease client aggression (183)

10

7

7

8

8

15

33

24

30

33

31

57

57

42

62

68

60

110

Make patients happier (183)

3

2

7

8

5

10

37

27

35

38

35

65

60

44

58

63

59

107