How did the tobacco ban increase inmates' body weight during incarceration in Canadian federal penitentiaries? A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine how inmates' body weight changed during incarceration in Canadian federal penitentiaries, based on their history of tobacco use. Since tobacco was banned from all Canadian federal penitentiaries in 2008, little is known about the unintended health consequences of this ban, especially on inmates' body weight.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Participants were male and female inmates incarcerated for at least 6 months in Canadian federal penitentiaries. We collected data from 10 institutions in two Canadian regions (Ontario and Atlantic).

Participants

We collected data from 754 inmates who volunteered to participate in the study.

Intervention

This study examined weight change in relation to a history of tobacco use. In 2

SUBMITTER: Johnson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661556 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature