New Smoking Policy for Smith County

TYLER � Smith County commissioners are cracking down on people who smoke too close to county facilities, and Smith County prisoners will soon say goodbye to their cigarettes. County commissioners approved new penalty provisions Tuesday for the county�s smoking policy. The law already says every smoker must be 50 feet away from county buildings to smoke, but now smokers will get hit with a class C misdemeanor and a $200 fine. Another part of the law will be extremely unpopular with Smith County inmates. Officials say as of January 1, all inmates will have to go without their smokes. Officials say the new policy will be eased into, but it�s still the law.