Should Medic quit smoking?
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what are your views. considering medics are part of the medical team, they should have a certain image right...
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nooo.... smoking is healthy
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Yes!!
Can u imagine someone with stinking cigarette breath treating u at close range?
Pui! Buusok!
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My Medical Officer SMOKE too...
And he always say... Smoking cause cancer? MY ARSH!
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Originally posted by Gordonator:what are your views. considering medics are part of the medical team, they should have a certain image right...
I'll be more concern about their skill and efficiency than wether they smoke or not...
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i personally think that medics should not smoke. can u imagine a medic in white uniform working in a medical centre, walks up to his officer and say: 'sir ah, i go out for a smoke, come back later.'
what if other people in the medical centre heard it? -
I'm sorry... so?Originally posted by Gordonator:i personally think that medics should not smoke. can u imagine a medic in white uniform working in a medical centre, walks up to his officer and say: 'sir ah, i go out for a smoke, come back later.'
what if other people in the medical centre heard it?
Honestly I dont find anything wrong with that or maybe I'm a smoker myself... -
Its a personal choice but I think all smokers shd quit because its an unhealthy habit.
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I think that to quit smokin or not, should be based on ur own williness n ur determination. Not to as if coz u were a medic or not...
Coz, based on tis reason solely, u might not be determined enough.
I have friends who are in the nursin course, grauatin to be staff nurses. Also continue smokin.
True, u tend to contradict urself... Maby medic not so bad. But those staff nurses, they sometimes have to advice client to quit smokin etc... The pot callin the kettle black huh?
But then if u really decide to quit smokin gd for u! Congra! Is nev too late!
But then u really don want quit, at most... Don smoke while in ur uniform lor! jUs pray tat if u really advisin someone to quit, the person nev seen u b4! Haha... But then i belive tat a smoker will nev tell another smoker to quit, coz they all understand how diff it is... Only those who managed to quit will do so bah...
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i onli smoke when my friends gibe me a stick cause i dun waste money buying them
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Smoking is harmful to your health. Quit it for good.
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so far, the medic friends i know are all non-smokers.
smoking medic should try to quit, at least it's better for their image. -
Have you gone through the most stressful period during your posting into unitOriginally posted by Gordonator:so far, the medic friends i know are all non-smokers.
smoking medic should try to quit, at least it's better for their image.
smoking can help some of the medic to reduce the stress... don't get wrong i'm also a non-smoker but most of my medic smoke it is until the later stage that smoking medics start to fade away from my unit. which is good news.
during my time my MO wanted to force a medic to quit smoking by giving him excuse from smoking for 2 week and if he go against this excuse he were be charge..... scarly huh..... but in the end the MO revoke the excuse... due to the medic really can not stand not smoking.... by the way i agree with ur idea..... -
what are your views. considering medics are part of the medical team, they should have a certain image right...
I don't see why medics shouldn't smoke. If they do it to unwind or destress (different motivations), then carry on. If they do it out of addiction or habit, I'll avidly adivse a cheaper mode of "kao shan".
Fact is smoking's not outlawed yet. Yes, it's discouraged but that's not cuz tobacco is destructive (like opium or heroin), but rather overdulgent consumption of it is (whether it's smoking or chewing). I'm ambivalent about enforcement of image-conscious, chickensh!t orders back in base, but let's not forbid medics from going to properly-designated smoking areas for a puff, even if it's a long walk to the admin block, for example.
That said, hiding in secret, back corners to light up fags are for civilians, not the military.
Also, I really think the hoopla over being exposed to 2nd-hand cigarette smoke is quite irrational; only people in overly-sanitized environs would neurotically harp over this. 2nd-hand smoke is the last thing you think about when out in the field, where it's already sweaty & dirty. Tactical discipline is maintained - meaning, no smoking at OPs & LPs - but otherwise I've seen soldiers, inc. medics & officers, congregate together for a quick smoking session. No big deal; non-smokers have the option of whether to join them or not. -
My medic smokes, but he tells me not to take up smoking.
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come to think of it, if a medic don't smoke in camp, that's ok with me...
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wats wrong with medics smoking??? in camp they can only smoke in yellow box so they cant smoke n treat ur injuries at same time...
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I think medics are just like anyone of us and have the right to smoke. So what if they're medics. Image? Phooey, all phooey, must learn to be flexible.
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They should be allowed to smoke, even though it is somewhat an irony...