The Impact of Implementing Smoking Bans Among Incarcerated Substance Users: A Qualitative Study

作者：Chih‐Cheng Chang, Chih‐Ling Huang, Chih-Yin Chen · 发表于：Evaluation & the Health Professions · 年份：2010 · DOI：10.1177/0163278710369910 · 被引用次数：7 · 研究领域：Smoking Behavior and Cessation、Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes、Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

This article reports a study evaluating the effects of implementing smoking bans among drug-using prisoners in Taiwan. Seventy-seven new entrants were recruited in May 2008. Six focus groups were conducted in a prison-based treatment center, the only prison with a total smoking ban in Taiwan. All the subjects were male and their average age was 37 years. Three general reactions to the ban were identified across all focus groups: (a) unfair/hypocritical policy; (b) being forced to stop smoking; and (c) finding ways to smoke anyway. Future studies should compare the effects of total versus partial smoking bans among drug abusers in prison to better explore policy options.