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Australian state Victoria bans smoking in prisons
By bharatpress.com
Published: 06/30/2015

Melbourne, June 30 (IANS) Smoking might be banned in Australian state Victoria’s prisons from Wednesday, in a push to make jail life more healthy for inmates.

The Victorian authorities flagged the ban final yr, and the Corrections Department has been working with Quit Victoria, the state’s anti-smoking physique, to formulate programmes particularly for the jail inhabitants, reported Xinhua information company.

More than eighty % of inmates smoke, however solely 20 % had attended give up programmes up till the top of May this yr.

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