With a population of 100, the island of Jersey remains in the shadow of the United Kingdom but seems to be making the same arrangements for electronic cigarettes. Indeed, the Minister of the Interior declared that the prisons of Jersey should very quickly ban tobacco, on the contrary the electronic cigarette would remain authorized for the prisoners..
TOBACCO PROHIBITED, THE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AUTHORIZED!
It is a measure that is needed more and more! Indeed, in recent months some prisons have banned cigarettes and took the opportunity to promote vaping in order to help prisoners with a view to smoking cessation. This is the decision that the Home Secretary has just taken for Jersey prisons with a clear aim of improving the health of inmates.
If tobacco is no longer welcome, inmates will be able to continue using e-cigarettes despite growing concerns about the health effects of vaping. After a meeting of Island health professionals this week, it was agreed that this positioning was acceptable!
In 2013, measures were taken to reduce tobacco use in the La Moye prison with smoking bans in some places for staff and inmates. But the imprisoned could still smoke in their cells.
Interior Minister Kristina Moore said the latest initiative would improve the health of staff and prisoners.
« We will support the prison population by increasing offers and support services to quit smoking in the period before and after the ban date“, She declared.
« In addition to announcements authorizing the use of electronic cigarettes, we will authorize the sale of vaping devices "in prison" to ensure similar access to inmates as those available outside. Vaping is clearly less harmful than smoking and it will be used in a smoking cessation journey. »
According to statements, the new total ban on tobacco will be put in place at the latest beginning 2019. A similar smoking ban is being applied in prisons across the UK.
