Smoking cessation dilemmas in prison

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7405.29

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Julie Ann Colclough

University of Dundee

Helping prisoners to stop smoking can be a real conundrum. A delicate balance has to be struck between the equality of health care that prisoners deserve and the intricacies of running a secure prison. This year I had the opportunity to view this phenomenon in one of Britain's maximum security jails.

The implementation of a workable smoking cessation programme was an uphill battle …