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Corrections brings on many expenses for medical due to their inmate smoking. and this was done to reduce the cost of incarcerating inmates. we do not anticipate this to be a major issue. is it going to be uncomfortable for inmates that have smoked for years? yes. >> i been smoking 30 years. >> you ever tried to quit before? >> absolutely. >> and what happened? >> nothing. i kept right on smoking. i quit one time about three hours. >> a lot of guys in blue here that enjoy a cigarette and their cup of coffee and their honey bun. and if you take away one, they're going to have a lot of bad days. ...

>> a lot of guys in blue here that enjoy a cigarette and their cup of coffee and their honey bun. and if you take away one, they're going to have a lot of bad days. >> you pick that up off the ground? you didn't pick that one up off the ground? how many have you picked up off the ground today? you don't know? >> when i come in the system, they used to give us two packs of cigarettes a day. i think a pack of tobacco was 25 cents. now it's $5.60, i think is. this is it. a lot of the times, me, i can't speak for other guys, i just speak for me, you know. i light up a cigarette when i don't want i...

Now it's $5.60, i think is. this is it. a lot of the times, me, i can't speak for other guys, i just speak for me, you know. i light up a cigarette when i don't want it. why? something to do. >> the smoking ban is one of the more significant changes that jack hill has seen over the past 30 years. he's serving a life sentence for a burglary and assault that took place in 1977, when he was 18 years old. since then he has been paroled three times. but each time hill gets out he finds himself back behind bars. >> the times i was out i tried to do one thing that you can't never do. i tried to make ...

>> smoking by inmate population within the department of corrections brings on many expenses for medical due to their inmate smoking. and this was done to reduce the cost of incarcerating inmates. we do not anticipate this to be a major issue. is it going to be uncomfortable for inmates that have smoked for years? yes. >> i been smoking 30 years. >> you ever tried to quit before? >> absolutely. >> and what happened? >> nothing. i kept right on smoking. i quit one time about three hours. >> a lot of guys in blue here that enjoy a cigarette and their cup of coffee and their honey bun. and if you...

Cents. now it's $5.60, i think is. this is it. a lot of the times, me, i can't speak for other guys, i just speak for me, you know. i light up a cigarette when i don't want it. why? something to do. >> the smoking ban is one of the more significant changes that jack hill has seen over the past 30 years. he's serving a life sentence for a burglary and assault that took place in 1977, when he was 18 years old. since then he has been paroled three times. but each time hill gets out he finds himself back behind bars. >> the times i was out i tried to do one thing that you can't never do. i tried t...