Table of contents

  • Summary
  • Introduction
    • Context
    • Smoking cessation
    • Prison smoking bans and restrictions
  • Analysis of the 2012 National Prisoner Health Data Collection (NPHDC)
    • What does the NPHDC tell us about smoking behaviour among prison entrants and dischargees?
    • Prison entrants' smoking status
    • Smoking in prisons compared with in the general community
    • Changes to smoking while in prison
    • What are the common characteristics among prison entrants who were smokers?
    • How do smoking behaviours interact with other aspects of prisoner health?
    • Alcohol and other illicit drug use among smokers
    • Physical health conditions
    • Mental health and psychological distress
    • What are some common characteristics of those who increased smoking while in prison?
    • Do prisoners want to quit smoking and are they successful?
    • Intentions to quit among prison entrants
    • Attempts to quit smoking among prison dischargees
    • What restrictions on smoking within prisons are in place?
  • Discussion and future directions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Related publications
  • Verso page
  • Suggested citation