Purchasing of tobacco-related and e-cigarette-related products within prisons before and after implementation of smoke-free prison policy: analysis of prisoner spend data across Scotland, UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the effect of smoke-free prison policy implementation in November 2018 on purchasing patterns in the prison canteen (shop).

Design

Interrupted time series.

Setting

All 12 closed, publicly run prisons in Scotland, UK.

Participants

People in custody (PiC) between August 2018 and end of March 2019 (n=11 944).

Interventions

Implementation of smoke-free prisons policy.

Outcome measures

Total spent on all products, nicotine-related products, and food and beverage products per week.

Methods

Canteen data were provided for the period July 2018-September 2019 by the Scottish Prison Service. In a series of generalised linear mixed effects models, the amount spent before and after implementation of smoke-free prison policy was com

SUBMITTER: Best CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867351 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature