Comments on: Tobacco prohibition in the military?

By: Saturday, July 18, 2009: Daily Handpicked Headlines :: Daily Uprising

Saturday, July 18, 2009: Daily Handpicked Headlines :: Daily Uprising — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:04:21 +0000

[…] Tobacco prohibition in the military? […]

By: bfs

bfs — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:27:27 +0000

@William

Geneva Convention, eh?

So, I really need a cigarette. Let’s surrender!

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:47:42 +0000

There are Geneva conventions;

“cigarettes

Prisoners of war must be allowed to use tobacco. (Convention III, Art. 26)

Tobacco must be available to prisoners of war at canteens. (Convention III, Art. 28)

Similarly, tobacco must be available to internees. (Convention IV, Art. 87)”

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:55:53 +0000

Considering that the Federal government is responsible for creating more smokers than any other entity, I find it funny that they don’t have to accept any responsibility for it. When I was in the Navy, I was entitled to purchase up to two cartons of cigarettes per week, while on board ship. Then consider that cigarettes were in the rations issued to military personel in every war since the Civil War. Evil tobacco companies my a$$.

By: Invid

Invid — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:26:37 +0000

Well, they can always stop-loss the current soldiers so they’re SOL.

By: BP

BP — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:03:32 +0000

This will be a huge blow to recruiting. Both the military and smokers have overwhelmingly poor constituencies.

By: No Name Guy

No Name Guy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:42 +0000

Actually, they already have in some cases taken the lead out of the bullets. Tungsten is the replacement.

So….one has to ask, what this will do to recruiting? How many would decline to volunteer for the military knowing they can’t smoke or chew or snuss? How many smokers currently in the military will decline to re-enlist or decide to leave when their obligation as an Officer is complete? How many additional suicides or cases of shell shock / battle fatigue (side note: PTSD is a BS name, call it was it is) will there be of soldiers who don’t have the well documented stress relieving / stress coping effects of niccotine?

The nannies war on tobacco will, yes will, start to cost us lives in real war.

By: wfjag

wfjag — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:15:29 +0000

Leadership is by example. Would this ban apply to the Commander in Chief — or is it only another example of the rules only apply to those who actually do the work and take the risks?

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:45:27 +0000

I guess the next thing they will do is take the lead out of the bullets!