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US navy plans to ban smoking in submarines: report
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| 4/5/2010
| AFP
Posted on 04/05/2010 10:11:40 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
That would suck. Life is hard enough on a boat.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:13:58 PM PDT
by
downwdims
(It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority)
To: downwdims
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:14:39 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: downwdims
Time to switch to the chewing or snuff type of tobacco.
To: sonofstrangelove
In my opinion, it’s a good idea because it greatly minimizes the risk of starting a fire aboard a sub, and a fire aboard a sub is reacted to instantly.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:16:31 PM PDT
by
myknowledge
(B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
To: sonofstrangelove
Fumes from every other substance in a submarine, include oil fumes, is so much less harmful (yea, right). Are they suggesting there are no air filters on a sub? This is right out of propagandaville.
To: downwdims
Life is a lot harder when you have to endure someone else’s slimy, tarry, nicotine-laden stench at close range in a closed environment.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:16:39 PM PDT
by
Zauber
To: sonofstrangelove
Well if they want to smoke, they could go outside to light up! /s
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:17:53 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: sonofstrangelove
Would very much suck, but I can understand this one really. But what happens if the whole crew are smokers?
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:18:43 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
To: sonofstrangelove
I wasn’t aware that was even allowed unless the sub is on the surface. They don’t need anything burning aboard a submerged sub.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:20:31 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: myknowledge
The new “vaporizer” e-cigarettes sound like an alternative for those who absolutely insist on the weed.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:21:55 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: sonofstrangelove
I honestly didn’t know they allowed smoking on subs in the first place.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:22:00 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
To: downwdims
Gays yes, smokes no?
Oh, I’m not to “ask.”
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:22:24 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(initialpoints.net - - The Constitution as the center of politics)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:22:47 PM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Not sure I would want to be on a sub with a bunch of nicotine junkies going through withdrawal.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:26:27 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: sonofstrangelove
Banning smoking while inviting queers and women to subs. They must be Quakers of the Susan Anthony kind. Tie ‘em to the carttail, whip ‘em, and send ‘em back to where they came from. ;-)
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:26:32 PM PDT
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96)
To: sonofstrangelove
A Pentagon study last year carried out by the American Institute of Medicine revealed that soldiers smoke a lot more on average than civilians and that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had seen a spike in smoking. They actually needed a study for that.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:27:17 PM PDT
by
Clock King
(There's no way to fix D.C.)
To: Fractal Trader
"Time to switch to the chewing or snuff type of tobacco."No one has to smell it. I use Skoal long cut straight. But if they are stuck under water for long periods of time protecting us they should be allowed some vices.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:27:19 PM PDT
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: Domandred
They quit deep, long and continuosly.
To: myknowledge
In my opinion, its a good idea because it greatly minimizes the risk of starting a fire aboard a sub, and a fire aboard a sub is reacted to instantly.Actually, it raises it. When navy ships in the past have tried to ban (or severly restrict) smoking, sailors would flout the rules and light up in unauthorized compartments. A recent multi-million dollar fire aboard USS George Washington (CVN-73) was caused by smoking in an unauthorized space (though there was no smoking ban on the ship at the time).
It's better to have a safe smoking area than have sailors sneaking away to smoke in unsafe areas.
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posted on
04/05/2010 10:30:56 PM PDT
by
Drew68
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