US Bans smoking on submarines

Takeda Shingen · 02-14-11, 02:07 PM

Well, I'm sure that someone will come along and complain about the hated 'PC-ness' with the statistic that the air on US submarines is completely filted over something like 800,000 times per hour, but I think it's good that non-smokers don't have to worry about breathing in someone else's carcinogens all the same.

UnderseaLcpl · 02-14-11, 02:19 PM

......And smokeless tobacco wins again!

Jimbuna · 02-14-11, 03:40 PM

I appreciate smokers won't be happy but surely they saw this coming

bookworm_020 · 02-14-11, 06:14 PM

Hope there is free nicotine patches for hands that need them, otherwise conditions could get really bad....

Ducimus · 02-14-11, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Hope there is free nicotine patches for hands that need them, otherwise conditions could get really bad....

Dip and Chewing tabacco will substitute. Their's more nicotine in that anyway.

(Ex tabacco user myself. I've dipped snuff, chewed tabacco, and smoked. Don't anymore, but when i in the service i did)

GT182 · 02-14-11, 08:51 PM

I can see the claw marks on the walls now. LOL

Imagine all the smokers on deck when they surface out at sea. It'd be like the Indians sending up smoke signals.

TLAM Strike · 02-14-11, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GT182

Imagine all the smokers on deck when they surface out at sea. It'd be like the Indians sending up smoke signals.

If the first hint the other guys get that a submarine is about is when it surfaces next to them and the crew lights up they are doing alright...

Armistead · 02-15-11, 10:00 PM

Geesh, remember when I was a kid you could hardly breath at the movies from all the cigarette smoke.

Cancer from cigarettes is a billion dollar industry and will always be around.

Do they really allow chewing tobacco on subs...I would think that would have to go, all that slipping on the floor and turned over spit cups on sensitive equipment.

Gerald · 02-15-11, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Dip and Chewing tabacco will substitute. Their's more nicotine in that anyway.

(Ex tabacco user myself. I've dipped snuff, chewed tabacco, and smoked. Don't anymore, but when i in the service i did)

Which surely many will take the place of smoking, and as you say a substitute, which can be difficult to do away with late.

Bubblehead Nuke · 02-14-11, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Well, I'm sure that someone will come along and complain about the hated 'PC-ness' with the statistic that the air on US submarines is completely filted over something like 800,000 times per hour, but I think it's good that non-smokers don't have to worry about breathing in someone else's carcinogens all the same.

I hate to break it to you, but cigarette smoke might as well be the 'breathe of life' itself when compared to the OTHER carcinogens that are in the atmosphere on board.

The chemicals used in the CO2 scrubbers is NASTY, the diesel fumes, the oil fumes from the various lubricants used throughout the boat. Lets not start on the monopropellants used in the torpedoes.

Did you know that a can of pressurized SHAVING CREAM has enough contaminates that technically you should surface ventilate should you shave your face.

How about that waxing of the decks that you do underway?

I WISH I could tell you about some of the stuff we had back aft.

I could go on and on and on.

The ban on smoking is a PC move. Nothing more.

Takeda Shingen · 02-15-11, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke

I hate to break it to you, but cigarette smoke might as well be the 'breathe of life' itself when compared to the OTHER carcinogens that are in the atmosphere on board.

The chemicals used in the CO2 scrubbers is NASTY, the diesel fumes, the oil fumes from the various lubricants used throughout the boat. Lets not start on the monopropellants used in the torpedoes.

Did you know that a can of pressurized SHAVING CREAM has enough contaminates that technically you should surface ventilate should you shave your face.

How about that waxing of the decks that you do underway?

I WISH I could tell you about some of the stuff we had back aft.

I could go on and on and on.

The ban on smoking is a PC move. Nothing more.

Called it.

Bubblehead Nuke · 02-15-11, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Called it.

You baited it..

...I just gave my two cents.

Takeda Shingen · 02-15-11, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke

You baited it..

...I just gave my two cents.

It was a prediction; nothing more. 11 years of reading GT and things become pretty formulaic. Your two cents are always welcome, though.

Tchocky · 02-15-11, 03:05 PM

I'll just say this, if you're going to ban smoking on subs, give the poor bastards a year's notice.

Bubblehead1980 · 02-15-11, 03:08 PM

I think it's a good move...less smoking the better.

02-14-11, 02:19 PM	#2
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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,320 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I appreciate smokers won't be happy but surely they saw this coming __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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02-14-11, 08:51 PM	#6
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	I can see the claw marks on the walls now. LOL Imagine all the smokers on deck when they surface out at sea. It'd be like the Indians sending up smoke signals. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

02-15-11, 03:05 PM	#14
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I'll just say this, if you're going to ban smoking on subs, give the poor bastards a year's notice. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-14-11, 02:07 PM	#1
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Well, I'm sure that someone will come along and complain about the hated 'PC-ness' with the statistic that the air on US submarines is completely filted over something like 800,000 times per hour, but I think it's good that non-smokers don't have to worry about breathing in someone else's carcinogens all the same.

02-15-11, 10:00 PM	#8
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Geesh, remember when I was a kid you could hardly breath at the movies from all the cigarette smoke. Cancer from cigarettes is a billion dollar industry and will always be around. Do they really allow chewing tobacco on subs...I would think that would have to go, all that slipping on the floor and turned over spit cups on sensitive equipment.

02-15-11, 03:08 PM	#15
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,187 Downloads: 621 Uploads: 44	I think it's a good move...less smoking the better.