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Smoking Bans and Restrictions in U.S. Prisons and Jails: Consequences for Incarcerated Women

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    Although dual use represents a particularly harmful smoking practice due to increased inhalation of smoke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016; Chang et al., 2015; Lee et al., 2012), there has been limited research that directly compares these two groups of smokers especially among individuals within the criminal justice system. Smokers in community corrections are a particularly vulnerable smoking group due to elevated smoking rates (~70%) and limited access to healthcare or smoking cessation treatments (Eldridge & Smoking Ban, 2009). A secondary aim of this study was to examine racial differences (White vs. Black) among cigarette users compared to dual users.

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    Community supervision may provide opportunities to supplement smoking cessation interventions, targeting the stressors of reentry and social norms in communities where prisoners are released. Prisons provide a window of opportunity for reducing the prevalence of smoking and mitigating the health effects of smoking among disadvantaged men, with the potential for a lifelong positive impact on health (Eldridge & Cropsey, 2009). This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (R01MH078743, Comfort, PI; R01DA033847, Comfort, PI).

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    In light of recent smoking-regulation policies implemented by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and state systems banning smoking in prison settings, attention has shifted to individuals under community corrections supervision (i.e., those who live in the community and continue to work and participate in society). These individuals represent a particularly vulnerable segment of the criminal justice population, as they not only have high rates of smoking (approximately 70%) but also have few smoking restrictions and limited opportunities to access traditional health care, including smoking-cessation treatments.7 Although these individuals represent the greatest percentage of individuals in the criminal justice system (approximately 70%8), no smoking-cessation interventions have been reported with this population, despite the fact that regular reporting requirements make this population accessible to interventions.

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    Although both have shown to reduce significantly SHS exposure during incarceration, they do not create an environment free of risks [7–9], particularly if they represent the sole component of a tobacco control policy and are not associated with other measures such as support to tobacco cessation. Furthermore, total bans have been reported to favour the surge of illicit markets and contraband of cigarettes, and to have limited effects on the long term cessation rates, as the great majority of detainees starts smoking again upon release [10–12]. Partial bans maintain the individual decision of a behavioural change such as tobacco use cessation [2], and at the same time create an environment that can promote the reduction of the daily consumption of cigarettes [4,5,13].

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    In addition, because of the wide availability of tobacco and the social pressure to smoke in prisons, some non-smoking inmates may start to smoke or relapse to smoking (Belcher et al., 2006; Cropsey et al., 2008; Papadodima et al., 2009). Smoking bans have been implemented in prisons for several reasons, including health effects, concerns about exposure to SHS, reduction of health care expenditure on prisoners, maintenance and cleaning costs, risk of fires, lower insurance rates, or fear of litigation (Eldridge and Cropsey, 2009; Falkin et al., 1998; Kauffman et al., 2008; Patrick and Marsh, 2001; Vaughn and Del Carmen, 1993). Smoking bans may also elicit smoking cessation among inmates (Cropsey and Kristeller, 2005), although only a minority of prisoners appear to remain abstinent following release from prison (Lincoln et al., 2009; Thibodeau et al., 2010).

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    This journal supplement challenged authors to note unintended consequences from policies that could be either positive/helpful for low-SES females or negative/harmful for them, across a variety of domains. In addition to the nine peer-reviewed papers, the supplement also features three commentaries, authored by Cheryl Healton, Donna Vallone, and Julie Cartwright34; Hilary Graham35; and Gloria Eldridge and Karen Cropsey.36 The nine papers in this supplement24,26-33 include literature reviews; qualitative, mixed-methods; and quantitative analyses of data collected in the U.S. and China.

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