[Fido969]

Now if they want a smoke they’ll have to go outside.

[Crim]

Smoke Nazi’s...

Sorry..cant smoke on a death dealing war machine carrying nuclear warheads targeted by the enemy...it’s just too dangerous...

[TXnMA]

Even the equipment will benefit from this regulation.

I used to demonstrate which cubicles in our office had smokers in them: I'd spray Windex Foam on the glass. In smokers' cubicles, it would turn yellow-brown as it ran down the glass...

[Pontiac]

Their programs to help military personnel kick the smoking habit are intended to protect the health of the current force — and to save the government hundreds of millions of dollars a year in health care costs for those who have served, and smoked, in uniform.

OKAY

I guess we will trade lung cancer for Mouth, tongue, jaw, stomach and esophageal cancers as navel personnel swap smoking tobacco for smokeless tobacco (snuff and chewing tobacco).

[hosepipe]

The Navy is stopping smoking on Subs.. BUT importing baby factory’s to be ship MATES... Some idiot in charge of the Navy...

[SamuraiScot]

and to save the government hundreds of millions of dollars a year in health care costs for those who have served, and smoked, in uniform.

How curious. A lie. It will cost the government millions more in medical care if sailors don't smoke, because they will (on average) live longer.

But that would be assuming that Obongo's Veterans Affairs Dept. has any intention whatsoever of paying for veterans medical care, which it doesn't. So it's an ideological game (disassembling our military and its male culture) without a cost to the Reds in the White House.

[TexasTransplant]

My Son wanted to be an Instructor at Nuc School, with the new changes (and others) now he is not even going to re-enlist... wouldn’t tell me why on the phone.

TT

[Rembrandt]

While they’re at it, they ought to issue them all pink panties.

[Guyin4Os]

What do ya do with a drunken sailor, what do ya do with a drunken sailor, what do ya do with a drunken sailor, earl-eye in the morrrning? Confiscate his smokes and make him suffer, confiscate his smokes and make him suffer, confiscate his smokes and make him suffer, earl-eye in the morrrning.

[truthguy]

This is a tough call for me. I'm allergic to cigarette smoke and it makes me very ill. So all my life I've had to suffer from the smoke that others create. But I'm also a strong libertarian type. So my views are in conflict. Now if a bar or restaurant wants a smoking policy, then I'll frequent another place. That's an easy solution. And if someone wants to smoke outside and I don't have to experience the smoke, fine as well. But I'm glad they outlawed smoking on airliners. I use to hate to fly because of the smoke. Now I hate to fly for other reasons.

All in all, I think this is good. The great majority of men in the Navy are probably non-smokers today. So why should they have to suffer on these long sea voyages? They shouldn't have to breath in the filthy smoke and they cannot get away from it on a submarine like they could on a surface ship.

I'll probably get slammed for these views but so be it.

[jakerobins]

Yes lock guys up for months at a time...give them no booze,no cigs, and put women and PC rules on Subs...this is going to work out real well...

[Mad Dawgg]

I don't like it but I can understand it from an equipment point of view. Cig smoke is hard on sound equipment Microphones and speakers especially. And there is some fairly expensive sound equipment in a sub.

But such could easily be filtered out and I am sure they already have some serious filtration on a sub.

Myself I hate cigarette smoke but I hate the law banning it in private stores and stuff much more.

I own building and we've not allowed smoking in it for almost 20 years. I don't need the government forcing me, I figured it out all by myself and I think people who own businesses have the right to allow smoking 24/7 in their place if business if they want. And I have the right not to enter such a building.

But it looks like the U.S. Navy finally fell to the Smoke Nazis. I figure if our servicemen want to smoke as long as it doesn't interfere with their duties then leave 'em the hell alone!

[NonValueAdded]

Oh great, finally add females to the crew and now you can’t smoke after sex.

[swarthyguy]

LOL!

Soon you’ll be able to have a fag on board, but not be able to smoke a cigarette.

[Gator113]

After Obama lifts DADT, “run silent, run deep” will have an entirely new meaning. But that will be healthy. Smoking bad—gay sex good.

Witnessing the deevoludtion of mankind, doing anything to lengthen lifespan seems rather pointless.

[Grunthor]

By the end of the year the only things being smoked in the navy will be po!es

[rottndog]

This is so unbelievably stupid....It's hard enough to man up a boat and keep it at sea as it is. This is just artificial stress created by pinheaded bureaucrats who have ZERO experience at sea.

This will do absolutely nothing to improve warfighting readiness. I believe it's intended to do the opposite.