Smoking Law
...fic places. Some of these places include bars, restaurants, and workstations. So far, thirty-one states have put this law into effect. As this goes on, one smoker says, “Cigarettes not only relieve stress, he said, they are a common form of currency inside.” Most likely as a result of this there will be a decrease of health problems. This law has also affected inmates, no longer are they allowed to smoke. So far, seventeen states have banned smoking in prisons. “We see this as another form of punishment, perhaps taking away one of the last personal kinds of pleasure prisoners have,” added Alice Green, executive director of the Center for Law and Justice, a prisoner’s rights group in Albany, N.Y. Because to s...