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2009-07-10 Home Front: Culture Wars

Will Pentagon Ban Tobacco Use in the Military?

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-07-10 16:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 As our family Marine said about smoking: "It's a sh*t ton better than a piece of cr*ppy gum!"

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-07-10 17:28|| 2009-07-10 17:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Troops in a war zone (or even a semi-war zone) are by the nature of the situation denied so many ordinary pleasures that it strikes me as unwise to remove the few they have left. Not to mention that uniting cranky, unsatisfied nicotine addicts with sharp and explosive things seems an inherently risky idea.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-07-10 18:05|| 2009-07-10 18:05|| Front Page Top

#3 The drug nicotine increases alertness which can lead to increased survival rate in a number of military situations. Long-term negative health consequences don't matter if you don't live long enough to get to long-term.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-07-10 18:19|| 2009-07-10 18:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The word Backlash pops up.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-07-10 18:23|| 2009-07-10 18:23|| Front Page Top

#5 As a lung doc you can imagine what I think of tobacco.

But my learned colleague, Dr. Smith, is mistaken in his approach. Coercion to make people stop smoking doesn't work well either short- or long-term. What works is education, and that works when a patient is ready to listen.

Posted by Steve White 2009-07-10 20:22|| 2009-07-10 20:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Aborting the unborn of US service women... GOOD TO GO! Lucky Strikes.... not so much.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-07-10 21:11|| 2009-07-10 21:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Would this include their ummmmmmmmmmmmmm...Commander in Chief?

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-10 21:56|| 2009-07-10 21:56|| Front Page Top

#8 A zero sum game. Everybody eventually dies. Taking out tobacco just changes the life path, even extends it, but the final result and cost impact eventually the same.

Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-07-10 22:35|| 2009-07-10 22:35|| Front Page Top

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