Smoking Guns?
Re “Assembly OKs Prison Tobacco Ban,” Jan. 27: Without speaking to the wisdom of forcing 80,000 inmates to go cold turkey at the same time, we can only hope that such a ban is publicized as widely as possible among gangbangers and other youthful offenders. I suspect it would have a much greater deterrent effect than “use a gun, go to jail.”
Rita Zwern
Burbank
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
