Schwarzenegger Bans Smoking in Prisons

Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, has recently signed a bill prohibiting tobacco from Califonia prisons. Any violators of this bill will be fined. Other criminal justice facilities in California have already banned smoking. It was estimated that about half of the prisoners smoke, which cost the state about $280 million in related health care costs. The ban will help save the state money and improve the health of the inmates.