In a survey of 10 284 primary care health care personnel conducted before the pandemic, 19.4% of nonphysician clinical staff reported burnout. They argue that the pandemic has magnified the problem. The authors note: In a nationwide survey of 125 717 health care workers, the highest turnover rates among all health care workers during the beginning of the pandemic (April 2020 to December 2020) were reported by health care aides and assistants, technicians, and licensed practical and vocational nurses. Ominously, a recent report based on international surveys that also included 434 US clinicians suggested that 47% of the current US health care workforce plan to leave their current role within the next 2 to 3 years. They make several suggestions
Besides tar, hookah bears additional risks such as an uptake of addictive and carcinogenic/ potentially carcinogenic chemicals, which stands in contrast to the massive advertisement of them as a healthy smoking product
These are reportedly still placed there so that if someone does violate a no smoking rule, they have the ability to put out the cigarette in a way that will not be harmful to the plane (e.g., cause a fire)
Meta-analysis evidence favors varenicline plus NRT, especially nicotine patch use prior to quitting, over varenicline alone
