Hey Lefties... yes, you can be one of those "Christian people" and still have a smoke.
Not that smoking is a good thing, obviously not, but for what this guy has to go through ever day, let him have something he finds enjoyable.
Maybe he'll quit when he gets back.
I think he's far more worried about the bullets whizzing by him than he is about how his lungs will look in a few decades!
Years go by, but some things never change. For a young Marine in combat, your ability to find enjoyment is very limited and is usually restricted to the pleasure you can get from killing the enemies of your country, smoking a cigarette, or scratching your crotch rot.
That was kind of my (wrong) approach...smoked for 31 years, was a Marine for 28. How I could do two packs a day and run six miles still confounds.
I shoulda quit long before the heart attack.
Semper Fi,
"When I get out, I just want to chill out. Go back to my house, farm a bit, do some mechanical stuff and call it a day. I'll just sit on my roof and smoke a cigarette."