Thread: smoking ban preposed for the military

I guess it is a good thing if they start recruiting non-smoking military personnel. People who do not smoke generally enjoy better physical fitness and condition. As the armed forces need the fittest they could use non-smoking as a recruiting criterion.

However, those employed now should not be forced to kick the habit.
A smoking President as Commander-in Chief of fumeless armed forces looks a bit funny though.

Originally Posted by fpessanha

And let's ban common sense while we're at it.

Too late. I think they have already beat you to it.

They got it backwards! they should encourange smoking. No...MANDATE smoking for all troops. At least a pack a day, starting the day you enlist. Then, the day before you deploy....they should yank your smokes. No more smokes until the enemy is dead or completely routed in some way.

How long do YOU think Al Queda would last going up against the US armed forces all simultaneoulsy going through those first 48 hours of nic-fits!

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

They got it backwards! they should encourange smoking. No...MANDATE smoking for all troops. At least a pack a day, starting the day you enlist. Then, the day before you deploy....they should yank your smokes. No more smokes until the enemy is dead or completely routed in some way.

How long do YOU think Al Queda would last going up against the US armed forces all simultaneoulsy going through those first 48 hours of nic-fits!

Yes! That and platoons of PMS female soldiers... That would scare the fecal matter out of me!

Originally Posted by jockeys

much to my supreme anger, they also just made clove cigarettes illegal:
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh great, now I have to break it to the wife. She loves those darn clove smokes.

Originally Posted by AussiePostie

Think about it?

Great tobacco using democratic leaders Franklin.D.Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, winners of all the freedoms we have today.

Anti smoking, Anti alcohol, vegatarian, Adolph Hitler!

Why are there always people who want to force other people how to live their lives Correct me if I am wrong but I thought DEMOCRACY meant "rights for all people including the individual"

I agree with you completely!!

Originally Posted by Kees

I guess it is a good thing if they start recruiting non-smoking military personnel. People who do not smoke generally enjoy better physical fitness and condition.

I had a drill Sgt. who smoked 2 packs a day and had no trouble at all with a 5 mile run!

I understand the goal, but they need to let it happen as the society quits. Next, they'll ban cursing by the troops too.

Jordan

Originally Posted by Doc

I had a drill Sgt. who smoked 2 packs a day and had no trouble at all with a 5 mile run!

There's always exceptions to the rule.

Another one: on average smokers die 10 years earlier than non-smokers but we all know smokers who grew old.

Im all for it. That way the non smokers dont have to police call the cigarette butts that they didnt put on the ground. That was my biggest pet peeve when i was a junior enlisted. Especially when the smoker was too lazy to put the but in a butt can 2 feet from where the cigarette butt is laying on the ground!