Can’t say I blame the doctors...I am related to a life-long smoker (30+ years) who went in for routine surgery and had complications related to the damage smoking had done to their body...ended up severely disabled as a result. Doctor and hospital ended up paying a high 7 figure settlement...which of course drives up the insurance costs for all doctors.
I run a small business (not a doctor thank god), and once in awhile a potential client will want me to take on a project that would leave me financially devastated if it went wrong...I should (and do) have the right to decline that risk.
People should people able to smoke and kill themselves if they want, just don’t blame everybody else when it all goes sideways.
Here’s the problem. I smoked almost 40 years ago. And only for about three years. Haven’t smoked since. The doctors still have me listed as a “smoker”. They say if you smoked once in your life, you’re a smoker. I say BS. Should I be rejected for an operation because of this?
Settlement? That means doc and hospital were sued for doing something wrong. How is that the smokers fault?