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• Smoking ban in federal prisons lifted: Court 

MONTREAL - The Federal Court has ordered a recently imposed smoking ban outside of federal prison buildings must be lifted.

Nineteen Quebec inmates serving lengthy federal sentences argued this month that a complete smoking ban introduced in federal prisons in 2008 was a violation of their rights.

Prohibiting smoking violates prisoners' right to "life, liberty and security of the person" and constitutes "cruel and unusual treatment," the prisoners argued in their Federal Court action seeking to overturn the ban.

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