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What is known on the subject?
Smoking is more common among people with serious mental illness, and it contributes to a reduced life expectancy.
Several Western countries have successfully introduced smoke‐free policies in inpatient mental health units.
There is virtually no information about attitudes to smoking bans in mental health units from countries in the Middle East and North Africa region...