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Because he's locking them in a room without air circulating.
Smokers have options. They can not smoke, smoke in the booth, or walk 50 feet away from the hospital to smoke.
Why should sick people be inhaling their tar breath?
That doesn't give you a right to suffocate them.
A phone booth is not a large supply of oxygen.
I'm not entirely sure you'd want someone smoking around a large supply of oxygen, either.
To be serious, though, I've seen some places where they seal the entryway to a dedicated smoking room a bit better and vent the smoke outside. I feel like that would be safer/more practical than smoking booths.
But you can't smoke outside a hospital either.