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Tobacco Smoke Exposure Requires Trial

A federal district court in New York held that a prisoner's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) may present a sufficient risk to his future health to implicate Eighth Amendment concerns, and factual disputes regarding the risk precludes summary judgment. The court further recognized that administrative grievances can place prison ...

 

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