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Smoking bans in prisons improve health and reduce medications

“…Pharmacy data was collected for 44,660 people detained in 14 of the 15 closed prisons (with no access to the community) in Scotland. The data covered medicines dispensed over a period of 5 years, before and after the ban was put in place. After the smoking ban was put in place, researchers found: a 42% […]