Windsor Regional Hospital is encouraging its staff, patients and visitors to respect people's property.
It comes after complaints were raised at Windsor City Council this week about smokers on people's front lawns near the Met Campus.
As of January 1, hospitals had to remove their smoking areas from hospital property which means smokers moved to the sidewalks, and in some cases, people's property.
Speaking on AM800's The Afternoon News, hospital spokesperson Steve Erwin says this isn't a surprise.
"We anticipated that there would be some migration of people who wanted to smoke off of our hospital property, unfortunately in the area around Met campus, in particular that is close to homeowners, we keep messaging our internal staff," says Erwin.
Hospital administration and city administration are trying to come up with a solution to address the problem.
He says the hospital also continues to message its internal staff.
"We do have some sympathy for homeowners in the area, so the best we can do is use moral persuasion right now to tell people to be respectful," says Erwin.