YES ... IMO, it IS! Hospital patients with psychiatric disorders - arguably the cruellest form of illness known to humankind - already have far more than their share of suffering to contend with, without being forced to undergo the added [unnecessary] torture of being deprived of what has, in the past, invariably been the only source of comfort available to them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-33440478 ...

Until recent times ... patients wishing to indulge their habit could, at least, seek refuge by sitting on an outside bench in (I believe in most cases) reasonably quiet and pleasant grounds; however this is no longer an option, sadly.

Yet, there's a simple remedy, ... one that will keep everyone who is unfortunate enough to cross the threshold of - or [more particularly] be confined to - such an environment as "happy" as anyone's ever likely to be in those circumstances ... ... why not bring back the former smoking rooms??