NIHR Alert: Smoking bans in prisons improve health and reduce medications

Commentaries provided on study (n=44,660 detained in 14 of 15 closed prisons in Scotland) which found banning smoking reduced medications for smoking-related diseases (9% decrease in dispensing), improved people ' s general health, and was accepted more readily than anticipated.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news