"In my current role in inpatient behavioral health, we had a patient last year that was diagnosed with late onset schizophrenia and was suffering from bad hallucinations. After psychotherapy and group therapy, there were several releases for the patient that definitely helped reduce their episodes. Being the patient's onset came shortly after he had quit smoking after doing it for over 30 years, the Psychiatrist suggested this may have been a trigger for the patient. In a rare suggestion, the Psychiatrist suggested smoking again to see if it would help curb the hallucinations and then we could work on a better plan for quitting later on with the primary care provider. That evening, I was given permission to leave our unit and purchase cigarettes for the patients. Being a tobacco free campus, I walked the patient off-campus across the street every hour through my evening shift and the day nurse did the same thing as well. Of course, the patient was happy and after just a week of starting again, the hallucinations were extremely limited now. At discharge, the patient was thankful as was the family and he still attends outpatient therapy with our outpatient staff."