I did reread the article. Apparently someone is arguing that she should be able to smoke in her room. From the article:
She said none of the staff smoke inside the building. But she would not comment on whether the company's policy on enforcing the smoking ban had been tightened.
And she said allowing Mrs Gornall just to smoke in her own room would be "even worse".
She said: "To allow smoking in their room would cause even more health and safety issues."
And even if she was going to smoke in a "smoking" room are they going to devote one staff member to wheel her in there and monitor her every time she wants a cigarette? Or would they...gasp...God forbid limit her smoking times???
That was a staff member not the woman or her daughter.......from the rest of the article it appears that comment came out of the blue.
As to the smoking room, the article says that some staff members also smoke, so why not let them smoke in there as well?
She's 93 years old, she's lived there for 10 years, and apparently until last year she could smoke in the smoking room.