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Bangkok hospital director promises 'gas chambers' for defiant smokers (www.bangkokpost.com)

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[-] kungen@feddit.nu 64 points 2 months ago

The booths will be equipped with lock sensors which detect smoke. When smoke in such booths disappears, the doors will be automatically unlocked and defiant smokers can then leave the booths, he wrote.

Why not? If it's too hard to leave the hospital to smoke, then what's the problem with having a smokeroom?

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

That's a lot of money wasted on idiots with a stupid habit

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Nanna, the director of the private hospital in the capital's Laksi district, wrote on his Facebook account on Sunday that he would use previously donated public telephone booths to discipline anyone who defies the smoking ban at his hospital.

At least they were donated booths.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Yes but rates are very high in Asia so you have to work with what you currently have.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Good point.

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago

I see an absolute win

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Because he's locking them in a room without air circulating.

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago

Smokers have options. They can not smoke, smoke in the booth, or walk 50 feet away from the hospital to smoke.

Why should sick people be inhaling their tar breath?

[-] underwire212@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Fire hazard? Nahhhhh

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 23 points 2 months ago

he would use previously donated public telephone booth

who is donating used telephone booths to a hospital

[-] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 months ago

What do you do with your used telephone booths?

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

Anyone ever wonder how Superman actually changed in one of those things without destroying everything in there?

[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

No. But I will now.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

well i smoke in them.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

actually they would probably be a pretty good hotbox

Now I'm not sure if the Plan of the Hospital won't backfire

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

None of your business what I do with them!

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

I call my used telephone booth guy, of course.

[-] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago

They have those at airports.

[-] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

If they called them "hot boxes" instead of "gas chambers," i think the public support might be stronger.

"Hey Chad, we're going light up this joint and gas chamber Alex's car, want in?"

just doesn't work as well.

this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024

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