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US Navy introduces smoking ban on submarines
Breitbart.com ^ | 12/30/10 | AFP

Posted on 12/30/2010 4:40:31 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Giving up smoking may be a New Year's resolution for some, but all US sailors will now have to follow suit, as the US Navy moves to ban its crews from smoking aboard submarines starting Friday.

In a country where fights against Big Tobacco are common, troops deprived of fresh air and natural light for months were surprisingly allowed to smoke in submerged submarines. But no more, after a Pentagon study found the risks of second-hand smoke were severe in those highly confined spaces.

Submarine Forces Commander Vice Admiral John Donnelly ordered the ban aboard 73 US subs, citing health concerns.

"Our sailors are our most important asset to accomplishing our missions," he said in announcing the measure in April.

"Recent testing has proven that, despite our atmosphere purification technology, there are unacceptable levels of secondhand smoke in the atmosphere of a submerged submarine. The only way to eliminate risk to our non-smoking sailors is to stop smoking aboard our submarines."

About 40 percent of the 13,000 US submarine sailors smoke -- double the US national average.

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KEYWORDS: bubbleheads; smokingban; submarines; usnavy
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1 posted on 12/30/2010 4:40:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

I would have never guessed they were allowed to smoke on a sub.


2 posted on 12/30/2010 4:41:38 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

Me, either. They banned smoking on surface ships years ago. Or at least I think they did.


3 posted on 12/30/2010 4:43:25 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: cripplecreek

The smoking area in the engineroom on one of my boats was next to the oxygen bleed nozzles.


4 posted on 12/30/2010 4:44:02 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: cripplecreek

The air on a boat is constantly monitored and adjusted.
It is less of a problem than a regular bar.


5 posted on 12/30/2010 4:44:18 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: NormsRevenge

Sooo, cigerette smoking is banned and pole smoking is now OK. Ugh.


6 posted on 12/30/2010 4:44:18 PM PST by Never on my watch (When Obama was born, the movie "The Manchurian Candidate" was in production. Coincidence?)
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To: cripplecreek
A sub isn't exactly a small place. I'm sure it would be possible to have smoking lounges, and they probably have them already. Maybe those who know will chime in.?

ML/NJ

7 posted on 12/30/2010 4:45:12 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: NormsRevenge

So now smokers are effected hmmm..... but gay OK


8 posted on 12/30/2010 4:46:25 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: Never on my watch

Sad but true.


9 posted on 12/30/2010 4:47:51 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: cripplecreek

Yes, they were always allowed to smoke.

There is worse things in the air than the that smoke. At least the smoke is removed from the air with the cleaners.


10 posted on 12/30/2010 4:48:13 PM PST by dila813
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To: NormsRevenge
I actually started smoking while I was in Marine Corps boot camp in 1977. To accommodate the recruits who were smokers, the Drill Instructors would occasionally announce "the smoking lamp is lit," which meant that if you smoked you could go outside and light up.

Since I was eager for a moment of individuality I was more than willing to participate.

I wonder if one can still smoke in boot camp these days?

BTW, I stopped smoking in 2003.

11 posted on 12/30/2010 4:48:36 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: NormsRevenge

One can’t smoke on sub but one soon will be able to commit sodomy on one...


12 posted on 12/30/2010 4:49:08 PM PST by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: NormsRevenge
Is there a comparison between the cost of smoking (health-wise) and AIDS (homo infested military)?

Seems to me the Navy is promoting sex deviates' activity, while forcing smokers out of the Navy?

13 posted on 12/30/2010 4:49:20 PM PST by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: NormsRevenge

I hope they are going to let some of these guys transfer to surface.

Quiting smoking can be no joke for some people. Some of these guys smoke the harshest stuff imaginable.

Even with patches or other strategies. When these guys are cut off and they go under some of these guys may have severe medical reactions. Some need to get this out of their system before they go for a dive.

I am really worried for their safety.


14 posted on 12/30/2010 4:50:40 PM PST by dila813
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To: NormsRevenge
No smoking on subs, but babes are now allowed on board.
Feckin' PC squids.
15 posted on 12/30/2010 4:51:03 PM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: NormsRevenge

So are fags banned or not?


16 posted on 12/30/2010 4:51:44 PM PST by OCC
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To: NormsRevenge

You have not lived until you spend time in the Radio/ESM compartment with 15 guys smoking cigars.


17 posted on 12/30/2010 4:52:06 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: NormsRevenge

The makers of Skoal and Days Work applaud this decision.


18 posted on 12/30/2010 4:54:24 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: Ol' Sparky
You are insane.
19 posted on 12/30/2010 4:55:22 PM PST by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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To: NormsRevenge
Put women aboard the subs AND take away smoking? Oh, the huge manatee!

Do you smoke after sex?
I dunno, I never checked

20 posted on 12/30/2010 4:55:53 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just reload)
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