California?s distinguished cigar-loving governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has signed into law a bill that bans tobacco in state prisons. Inspired by high smoking-related health care costs, the new ...

MONROE -- For Joseph Nissensohn, a moment of pleasure starts with the striking of a match. As Nissensohn puffs a hand-rolled cigarette, smoke rises in his 6-by-10-foot prison cell, clouding the air.

The State of Missouri will be banning smoking in designated smoking areas around prisons thanks to a victorious court case in favor of a man that was convicted of two murders. Karen Pojmann of the ...

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois prison inmates and their guards could be forced to kick the habit in the coming months. Although an all-out ban on tobacco within the state's lockups has been opposed by state ...

SPRINGFIELD - While restaurateurs and bar owners try to placate crabby patrons who don't like Illinois' new smoking ban, prison guards are facing much tougher customers: tens of thousands of hardened ...

After a court order, the Missouri prison system must go smoke-free on or before April 1. Shane Keyser skeyser@kcstar.com Even after his death sentence was commuted to life without parole, double ...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that a ban on smoking in public places does not apply to state prisons. The decision follows a High Court ruling last year that found in favour of a compulsory smoking ...