Cigarettes and prison life

[Agoraphobic]

I quit smoking cigarettes over then years ago, but I remember it was very difficult when I tried to quit. Since then, I never bothered about cigarettes, their prices, where is smoking allowed, and all that. Not against smoking, just that I don't care about it anymore, until I read this (below) about a proposed ban for cigarettes in prison! Gosh, it will be hard on smokers there, with nothing else to do, how the fuck are they going to pass the time in their cells, and when the urge to smoke creeps up on them, it will be torture! Does anyone know whether smoking is allowed in Singapore prisons? How do they light the cigarette when they want to smoke? What if their cellmate is a non-smoker?

Cheers!

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/30/c_134672863.htm

Smoking to be banned in British prisons: gov't reveals

English.news.cn 2015-09-30 04:47:40


LONDON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Smoking is to be banned in prisons in England and Wales, Britain's Prisons Minister Andrew Selous announced Tuesday evening.
Smoking is currently permitted in prison cells and exercise yards, but the government plans to introduced a phased program in January which will eventually lead to smoking being prohibited in all 136 prisons.
The government cites the health risks of smoking, though there have been a number of legal challenges by prison officers and some prisoners who have complained about the effects of passive smoking.
With a prison population of around 80,000 it is not yet known how prisoners will react to the proposed outright ban.
The Prison Governors Association, which represents prison officers, supports the ban, and says it will monitor the introduction of the ban.
Details of the ban were outlined in a letter from Selous to MP Robert Neill, who chairs Parliament's Justice Select Committee.
The minister says his department intends to implement a phased smoke free policy in prisons, starting with all prisons in Wales from January 2016, with four English prisons becoming smoke-free three months later.
Selous commented: "Since the introduction of smoking legislation in 2007, our desire has been to move towards smoke free prisons but, given the high prevalence of smoking and the unique environment of prisons, implementing smoke free prisons is a difficult thing to do."
National policy currently allows prisoners to smoke in their cells but not in communal areas.
Measures already introduced ahead of the outright ban include the recent roll out of electronic cigarettes to all prisons.
Selous added: "Recent academic studies have identified high levels of second hand smoke in some communal areas are still prevalent in some prisons. These findings have reinforced our commitment to move towards smoke free prisons as soon as possible in a safe and controlled way."
Prisons across Canada and New Zealand, and parts of Australia are already smoke free.

 

[dancingshoes]

i tried to quit but failed.

 

[looneytan]

i tried to quit but failed.

Quit the prison?

 

[Agoraphobic]

Once one is addicted, it is really difficult. There are courses and programmes available, but one has to want to break the habit. I took up smoking in school, hung around with a bunch of friends who wish to act grown up, and by the time I was in NS, was smoking regularly. This carried on until my working life when I started to see that it wasn't exactly good to be a smoker, in fact it was very inconvenient. No smoking on flights, restaurants, convention rooms, had to excuse oneself from the crowd when wished to light up, and I started seeing it as an activity whose time (as fashionable) has passed. When I decided to stop, I had to stay away from friends who smoked so as to avoid being offered cigarettes. Hardest part was in the morning without the ciggie to accompany the cup of coffee. But after a month of struggling without it, I finally came through, and was happy to pull through. Food even tastes better! Well, its up to you. Before you quit, try not to land in prison, it will be really hard in there if smoking is not allowed!

Cheers!

i tried to quit but failed.