Theoretically, when a car is parked on someone's property (a hospital in this case)

[avebury]

18. The issue is not whose property the car is, but the fact

that the car is parked on hospital property. In your case, the hospital has designated that smoking is not allowed on their grounds. If employees choose to play the I can do what I want within my property (i.e. car) they might risk losing the right to park on hospital grounds. Even if the hospital does not control employees' cars, they do have the right to fully control of their property, including the parking lot. If employees have to find somewhere else to park they may face another monthly cost, i.e. parking fees.

This hospital has an economic interest in creating a smoke free campus because smokers generally have higher health care costs. If the hospital is providing health care coverage, they want healthier workers and lower premiums because - they are a hospital.

It is ironic if anybody working in a hospital doesn't understand the hospital's decision.