Thread: smoking ban preposed for the military

"The smoking lamp" is a term I haven't heard in 20 some odd years!

Originally Posted by JMS

"The smoking lamp" is a term I haven't heard in 20 some odd years!

You ain't no spring chicken either.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

You ain't no spring chicken either.

Thanks a lot for reminding me Gramps.

heavens, we wouldn't want a soldier to die of cancer. Not when there are perfectly good bullets and improvised explosives to die from.

Seriously? What idiot wants to take away the one little comfort these guys have?

I think it's hogwash. Those poor guys over there can't even have a freakin' drink, you can't take away the tobacco.

I had heard once that smoking was actually endorsed by the military. During WWI the rations actually came with cigarettes. Now they want to end it...? I am not a smoker but I enloyed my chew while I was in the Corps. I think a better option would be to give incentives to quite, points to promotion tests, etc. (or, if its the Army, they can hand out another ribbon).

Tom

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

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!

I think there is a fair amount of medical evidence to the effect that smoking has an adverse effect on fitness. On the basis that for front-line troops at least, physical fitness is a definite advantage, maybe not smoking would be sensible.
Perhaps for those in military admin it would be OK. There would seem to be a fair amount of drug & alcohol abuse in the military, so perhaps set against that, not smoking wouldn't make a lot of difference.

They should take these anti-smoking lobbyists and use them as human shields. That would save more soldiers' lives than a smoking ban would.