No Smoking Policy
River Park Hospital prohibits the use of any tobacco product on our hospital campus, as well as adjacent and surrounding hospital properties.
On January 1, 2011, River Park Hospital began their initiative to “clear the air” by implementing a tobacco- and smoke-free policy for their entire campus, as well as any properties owned or leased by the hospital. The policy applies to staff, volunteers, patients, visitors, vendors and the general public. The new policy extends the hospital’s current anti-tobacco policy and states no one will be permitted to use tobacco or tobacco-related products on any hospital property, including outside any of the entrances, in the parking lot and adjacent sidewalks. The tobacco ban also includes break areas and the courtyard outside of River Park Hospital where employees, patients and visitors were permitted to smoke prior to the new policy being put into place.
“As a health care organization, we are committed to the health and safety of our patients and employees. Considering the abundance of information regarding the damaging effects of smoking and tobacco use, it only made sense to take this step to protect our patients, employees and the general public visiting our facility,” says River Park Hospital chief quality officer Kaye Davenport, “At River Park, we want to give our patients the highest quality of care, and allowing them to use tobacco products while undergoing medical care contradicts that goal. Allowing anyone to be exposed to tobacco products at any healthcare facility is contradictory to the goals of safety and health – no matter the level of exposure.”
Thank you for your cooperation and anticipated support of our smoke- and tobacco-free campus policy.