Abstract
IN ABOUT two weeks, New York City begins strict enforcement of what has been called most sweeping nonsmoking law in the United States. It is just one of a growing number of indications that those Americans who continue to smoke in the months and years ahead will find fewer public places to do so. That eventually may include more of those who can't even go home to smoke—the inmates of the nation's jails and prisons. In Utah, for example, the Davis County Jail now is smoke free. The National Commission on Correctional Care, Chicago, says the Davis County sheriff made the decision after studying the experience of the smoke-free jail in Orchard Cove, Wash, noting the legislature's prohibiting of smoking in any general public place, realizing his jail is poorly ventilated, and arranging counseling and medical service for inmates addicted to tobacco. The commission says complaints have been minimal.
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