TY - JOUR T1 - Prisoners and prison staff express increased support for prison smoking bans following implementation across Scotland: results from the Tobacco In Prisons study JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control DO - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055683 SP - tobaccocontrol-2020-055683 AU - Helen Sweeting AU - Evangelia Demou AU - Ashley Brown AU - Kate Hunt Y1 - 2020/06/25 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/25/tobaccocontrol-2020-055683.abstract N2 - Several jurisdictions have introduced prison smoking bans, responding to concerns around the health of people in custody (hereafter ‘prisoner’ for brevity) and staff, legal challenges and maintenance costs.1 2 Fears of disorder following bans are often expressed in advance.3–5 Although generally unfounded,6 7 such fears may reduce the stakeholder support that is vital for successful implementation.8 A complete prisoner smoking ban (staff smoking was already banned) was introduced in all 15 Scottish prisons in November 2018, precipitating no significant incidents.9 It has been evaluated by the three-phase Tobacco In Prisons study (TIPs).3 4 10 TIPs Phase 1 occurred before the ban’s announcement; Phase 2 following the announcement, but before policy implementation (during which rechargeable e-cigarettes became available to prisoners); and Phase 3 following implementation.This novel analysis uses TIPs data to examine prisoners’ and prison staff’s opinions about prison smoking bans over the course of implementation.Prison staff surveys were administered online, with links and reminders circulated to staff contacts … ER -