Every healthcare facility has dozens and dozens of different signs, all with specific purposes and goals. Many of the signs are simple common sense, but it's often necessary to remind patients and visitors of certain policies and regulations that they might not observe personally, or not think much of. No smoking signs are a perfect example of this.

No Smoking Signs

Most people who walk into a healthcare facility are very aware that they cannot smoke in the premises, but some aren't. And still more will try to get away with it, pretending ignorance of the rule. And that is what makes no smoking signs so important. Not only do they serve as a reminder and a kind of teaching tool to folks who already know the rule or who are younger, it's also a reprimand and an aggressive anti-smoking "voice" for those who are breaking the rule. They are also just a good public health measure, preventing others from inhaling dangerous second hand smoke, preventing smokers from damaging their lungs and bodies while inside the healthcare facility grounds, and showing younger visitors and patients that smoking is a lifestyle choice that is not supported by many official institutions. No smoking signs in healthcare facilities accomplish a lot of different goals without saying too much or being lengthy or hard to read; they're direct, to the point, and effective. They are also essential to the safe and secure running of any healthcare facility.

At HSI we have a wide range of no smoking signs for every room and every occasion within a healthcare facility setting. There are dozens of different reasons and dozens of different places that a no smoking sign can go up in a healthcare facility, and HSI is prepared to help our clients meet the demand of every space and need. Whether you need regulation in your lobby, in your patients rooms, your lobbies, or your more insular administrative spaces, HSI has you covered with a huge variety of styles, shapes, fonts, and colors. We also have a wide array of messages available to put in the text, and a variety of pictorial illustrations showing what not to do.

The most popular of the pictorial illustrations is the famous image of a lit cigarette with a large red circle around it, and a thick red slash going right through it. This symbol has been an anti-smoking stalwart for many decades, and it retains its power not only as an arresting image, but as a cultural sign post. Everyone knows what it means, and that contributes strongly to its power as a deterrent. When deployed in healthcare facilities, it gets real results, as it's a clear reprimand to anyone thinking of lighting up and inadvertently damaging the health of the entire facility. When confronted with this no smoking sign, any prospective smoker will certainly think twice, and at the least be reminded that if he or she lights up they will be quickly asked to stop or leave the interior of the healthcare facility.

This symbol can be easily and faithfully reproduced on any number of our fine backgrounds, and in practically any shape. We have square tiles, rectangular ones, and several more sculpted versions in between. These no smoking signs can go on doors, square pillars, walls and bulletin board type areas. Depending on the look of the wall or door or design scheme they're deployed against, they can adapt and complement or stand out from that same scheme. We believe in getting clients the right sign, the one that works for them, and the right no smoking sign is often the one that looks the best and will get the most casual attention.

In other cases, many healthcare facilities want to try more specific signs, or signs that use language as well as symbols to get the message across. We have a big selection of these types of signs as well, and even a few that double not only as no smoking signs, but as warnings about oxygen rich environments. Probably the most common of these types of signs is a simple square or rectangle that contains the familiar symbol but also, beneath the picture, spells out the clear message of the sign: Non Smoking Area. You can find signs like this throughout the healthcare facilities of America, and they're effective at controlling the dangerous habit that endangers patients and visitors alike inside the hospital. They speak to the viewer in two equally clear ways, and they can't be misconstrued. This cuts way down on pleas of ignorance of the rules, which happen. At HSI we make sure that all of our no smoking signs are as clear and effective as they can be. It is our way of serving not only the healthcare facility, our client, but also the patients and visitors within.

But there are still more in our wide selection of no smoking signs, each of which have their own particular virtues. There are signs that are much more gentle and polite, which can elicit a similarly polite response of not smoking. These signs read "Thank you for not smoking," or in another case, "Please, no smoking." Both include a picture of the anti-smoking symbol to mix the politeness with a sterner warning.

Sometimes in a healthcare environment, rooms can change purposes, and therefore become more important to not smoke in. For this type of room, there are door hangers with no smoking signs and symbols that can be shifted from room to room, depending on what is being stored there or what purpose it serves. Even if room purposes aren't shifting, it is often valuable to provide a final warning on the door knob before a possible smoker enters what could become a dangerous room.

No matter what kind of no smoking sign you're looking for in your healthcare facility, HSI has the right one for you. We have the right cuts, the right colors and backgrounds, and the best variety.

These signs are vital to the safety of all occupants in any hospital or health care facility. Besides the obvious and well known harm that smoking causes, there are lots of other reasons that smoking is prohibited inside any hospital or health care facility as well as around the facility in many cases. These signs allow smokers to know where it is ok to partake in a cigarette, and also serve as a constant reminder of the harm smokers inflict on others. No smoking signs are quite possibly the most common sign, as they are seen virtually everywhere. No smoking signs are easily recognizable, and even if you had never seen one in your life there would be no mistaking its message. This sign features a lit cigarette with a red circle around it and a red bar through the circle. This red circle and bar are an international symbol for 'no'. This symbol for 'no' with a cigarette behind it clearly indicates that smoking is not permissible wherever this sign is located.

Here is some more information about no smoking signs.