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'Tempers will flare' as prison smoking ban takes effect, inmate says 

On May 20, the smoking ban will be extended to medium-security facilities, and at minimum-security facilities on June 2.

Robert Pallagi, a non-smoker in jail for attempted murder, said there could be unrest when the large number of smokers at Canada's prisons are forced to butt out, and all of them are suddenly coping with nicotine withdrawal.

Inmates are said to be three times more likely to smoke than other Canadians.

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