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Can you smoke in a federal prison?
In 2015, the Federal Bureau of Prisons banned smoking in all federal correctional facilities unless it is part of an inmate’s approved religious activity. BOP staff and visitors are permitted to smoke in designated outdoor areas.
As in state prisons, inmates in federal prisons have an underground tobacco trade thanks to smuggled products. But the inmates usually don’t buy packs of cigarettes, but individual cigarettes, also known as pinners.
Can you vape in prison?
Like traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes and vaping are illegal in most US and federal prisons. However, like cigarettes, these products can be purchased on the black market and smuggled into these facilities. Similar to drug control in the free world, where gangs take over the illegal business, illegal products such as e-cigarettes and vaporizers are marketed in prison by a gang consortium organized in the prisons. Those who have enough money can buy these products from these gangs who are willing to risk the effects of the law to make a profit.
Even in the outside world, smoking is considered dangerous and unhealthy, both for the users and for the user’s environment who might accidentally inhale the smoke. Prohibition in US prisons is significantly beneficial to the well-being of non-smokers. Also, those who are now addicted might seriously consider using the rehab programs on offer to stop their addiction. Some of the absolute benefits of the ban are:
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- The Florida Supreme Court is dismissing appeals from Big Tobacco’s multi-million dollar judgments
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- Monitoring the Future, Survey 2012
Justice Department officials say they lifted the ban on tobacco products in layoff programs because they didn’t want inmates so close to completing their sentences having to come back after bars for violators against the rules.