As a result of the excise tax increase, the cost of cigarettes has increased
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However, vaping products, such as e-cigarettes, are not a safe alternative to cigarettes and still contain highly addictive nicotine
Matthew Naidow, who worked at East Mississippi Correctional Facility and served as an acting warden for GEO in Michigan, questioned the change: The state is already so far behind in progressive correctional practices that stepping further back by reinstating smoking in prisons is astounding. Contraband will always be one of the most valuable currencies in prison, he said