Electronic cigarettes in jails: a panacea or public health problem?

Abstract

CrossBar electronic cigarettes, sold in “Corrections Orange,” regular, and menthol varieties, tout being “The ONLY electronic cigarette designed by a jailer specifically for use in correctional facilities.” Transparent packaging is coming soon. Jailcigs ships only to US detention centers declaring exemption from tobacco bans. PrecisionVapor sells electronic cigarettes “designed for institutional use” with plans to produce ‘a top quality cigarette that achieves unparalleled success in jail after jail’ and prisons in all 50 states with calculated sales of $9 per inmate daily or $328,500 for 100 inmates annually.