ArticleJournal of exposure analysis and environmental epidemiology2005
Inmate exposure to secondhand smoke in correctional facilities and the impact of smoking restrictions.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic review of health and behavioural outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in prisons.Tobacco control · 2016Pooled it
- Examining Attitudes, Expectations, and Tobacco Cessation Treatment Outcomes Among Incarcerated Tobacco Smokers.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2022Article
- Smoke-free prisons in England: indoor air quality before and after implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free policy.BMJ open · 2019Article
- UK news media representations of smoking, smoking policies and tobacco bans in prisons.Tobacco control · 2018Article
- Characterising the Exposure of Prison Staff to Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke.Annals of work exposures and health · 2017Article
- Comparing Motivational Interviewing-Based Treatment and its combination with Nicotine Replacement Therapy on smoking cessation in prisoners: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Electronic physician · 2015Article
- Smoke-free policies in U.S. Prisons and jails: A review of the literature.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015Review
- How low should you go? Determining the optimal cutoff for exhaled carbon monoxide to confirm smoking abstinence when using cotinine as reference.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2014Article
- "They are not taking cigarettes from me . . . I'm going to smoke my cigarettes until the day I die. I don't care if I get cancer": smoking behaviors of men under community supervision in New York City.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2014Article
- Tobacco use by male prisoners under an indoor smoking ban.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2011Article
- Implementing an indoor smoking ban in prison: enforcement issues and effects on tobacco use, exposure to second-hand smoke and health of inmates.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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Abstract
This study was undertaken to measure the passive smoking exposure of prisoners at three correctional facilities in the US and to evaluate the effectiveness of a ban on smoking in reducing these exposures at two of these facilities. The average weekly concentration of nicotine was measured in fixed locations within the correctional facilities using passive samplers. Samples were collected before and after a smoking ban was instituted, and after the policy was modified to allow smoking outdoors. Samples were collected in the living areas, near where inmates slept and watched TV, and in selected central facilities, including dining halls, visiting rooms, booking areas, and learning centers. Average weekly concentrations of nicotine were measured in 84 locations while smoking was allowed; changes in these concentrations were measured with 112 weekly samples 4 and 9 months after the policy restricting smoking was implemented The average concentrations of nicotine were high while smoking was allowed: most living and sleeping areas averaged 3-11 microg/m(3), but the gym that was used as a bunkroom averaged 25 microg/m(3); these values compare to an average of 2 microg/m(3) in the homes of smokers. The smoking ban significantly reduced nicotine concentrations in the living areas (P<0.01 at facility A and P<0.05 at facility B) to averages of 1.5-2.2 microg/m(3); all postban samples were less than 5 microg/m(3). In conclusion, secondhand smoke concentrations in correctional facilities can be quite high; however, policies banning smoking are effective in reducing, but not eliminating, these exposures.
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