The smoking ban has created some serious problems for the prisoners. Many people think that the implementation of the smoking ban was one of the stupidest things that were planned by the government because the ban has created many troubles for not only the prisoners as they feel that they have been divorced from the realities.

Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment, added that the officials would be finding great difficulties in implementing the ban among the new prisoners as they would have already been struggling with drug and alcohol withdrawal which would further result in causing mental and physical fitness issues.

The ban will also cause violence or certain amount of chaos as a black market in tobacco will be creating inside the jails but even if those things don't occur, it would fail to achieve any long-lasting benefits.

A newspaper report claimed that many overseas studies had already proved that even if the smoking ban had stopped prisoners from smoking, after their release from the prison, majority of them would again start smoking.

Researchers at Auckland University's Centre for Tobacco Control Research added, “In order to reap maximum health gains from the total smoking ban in prison policy, comprehensive cessation support for all inmates needs to be provided to ensure that they quit during incarceration and stay quit upon release”.