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Editorials

Tobacco use in prisons

BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g4946 (Published 05 August 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g4946

Rapid Response:

Is it Tobacco ? Nicotine ? Use ? Abuse ?
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Catherine Ritter ( BMJ : 05 August 2014 ) focuses the attention of the reader to a ' long neglected public health problem '.

However, it is imprecise whether the subject is tobacco or nicotine and the object is reduction of use or abuse. The reader is left to second guess.

My guess is that the presenter is well intentioned though clarity is short changed.

Competing interests: No competing interests

09 August 2014
A.A.W. Amarasinghe, M.D.,
Physician
none
102 Bayberry Hills, Mcdonough, Georgia 30253. USA.