A little blog about Swedish politics, in English
SvD writes that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården) has sent in a request to the government to change the law in order to be able to make Swedish prisons smoke-free. No smoking for either prisoners/clients or for employees. This is actually already the case in Great Britain, Iceland as well as in several states in the US, but KRIS, a nationwide support group for those who have served time, are concerned that life will now only become even harder for inmates.
Do you smoke? Do you sometimes sit or stand outside your fave hang, alternately shivering/enjoying the sun to have a smoke? You know it’s bad for you, but..?
You may smoke outside no more. Starting Monday, smoking is forbidden both inside and outside restaurants and other public places, like outside subway platforms. Even smoking water pipes and vaping is forbidden in public places.
So far, you can still have at it in private. But as everyone knows, our private spheres are shrinking bit by bit.