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addiction which in itself is illegal, being carried on in prisons.
Cigarette smoking, I agree, is harmful, but it is not anything like
as harmful as taking drugs.
Dr. IP
smokers as an alternative?
for the smokers?
Sir, is anything offered to the non-
If no, is this preferential treatment
Secretary for Security :
smokers as an alternative.
No, Sir, nothing is offered to the non-
You could say, of course, that they are
lucky because in the long, long run they will survive longer than
the smokers!
His Excellency the Governor: I have two more names down; I will
take two more supplementaries on this and then I think we have
probably exhausted the question. Mr. Desmond Lee?
Mr. Desmond LEE : Sir, if cigarettes are not used as a means for
trading in prisons, are they used as stakes for gambling?
Secretary for Security : The answer to that question, Sir, is that
they should not be. Whether they are or are not behind the
scenes or out of the sight of the warders is another matter.
Mr.
CHEONG-LEEN
Sir, because
high percentage of
the adult population in the prisons are smokers, could
steps be taken to strengthen and improve the anti-smoking education
within the prisons?