Smoking Ban Inside Prison Buildings Given Final OK.

Publication Date: 2005-08-24

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• Publication:WXII 12 TV

Smoking inside state prison buildings would end under a bill given final legislative approval.

Supporters say the goal was to reduce health problems associated with secondhand smoke.

The House earlier this month passed a version that exempted Correction Department employees and inmates' visitors. But the chamber Tuesday approved a broader version sought by the Senate that bans indoor smoking at all of the state's 76 prisons...

The bill now goes to Gov. Mike Easley for his signature.