US Bans smoking on submarines

[Ducimus]

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]

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]

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...

Hopefully there aren't any captains that smoke, they'd be ordering the sub to surface in a middle of an enemy fleet so he can have a smoke.

Also, so much for passing weed out to the crew to help them relax while the sub is being depth charged.

[Aramike]

Like most things, whether or not you like this will likely depend upon your personal interests and habits. Non-smokers will probably appreciate this while smokers will be incensed.

I know that most boats are fairly small, but it seems to be that they're certainly large enough to set aside an area for smokers to light up. Compromise, maybe?

Oh well ... "rules is rules".

[August]

Originally Posted by Rilder

Hopefully there aren't any captains that smoke, they'd be ordering the sub to surface in a middle of an enemy fleet so he can have a smoke.

Also, so much for passing weed out to the crew to help them relax while the sub is being depth charged.

Yeah that's what we want. Stoned sailors with their fingers on the trigger of enough ordinance to wipe out all life on the planet.

[Gerald]

A good decision to ban smoking,

[Armistead]

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.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Armistead

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.

I'm guessing that anywhere were your allowed to have a soda, a cup of water, etc, you can probably dip or chew.

And there's a Trick to making a spitoon that doesn't spill so easily. What you do is take a 1 liter soda bottle. Cut the top off with your handy dandy multi function tool, about 2 to 3 inch's down from the top, so you have some of the body of the bottle with the top. Grab a paper towel or three, wad them up, and stuff it in the decapitated 1 liter soda bottle. Then take your top, flip it over so its upside down and smash it down into the soda bottle so the opening youd normally wrap your lips around is inside the bottle.

If you did it right, you should have a pretty tight seal. It's not leak proof, but it'll do just nicey if it gets bumped around. Your new flipped over top, acts as a natural spitoon, the paper towels help absorb some of the liquid that's going to accumulate there, and since its not wide open, it keeps some of the stink down. You have to stick your nose to it to smell it. Normal spit cups can reek after awhile. Another great thing about this setup, is its EASILy recongizeable from say... a normal soda can. (Yeah, I've seen that unmentionable mistake happen at a barracks party )

That setup works great for dip. Chewing tabbacco.. it wont last very long. Chew makes you juice a helluva lot more then snuff or dip.

[Armistead]

Yea, I know,

I chewed Levi Garret for 18 years. I never put a cigarette or chew in my mouth until I was about 23 and went through my first divorce. Started with cigarettes for a month, but I hated smoke....after a few hours of being high and slightly sick off chew, crap became more addictive than I ever knew. It took about 12K of dental work about 8 years ago that I able to give it up. Chits hell on the gums and teeth

[Sailor Steve]

A long time ago I was in a band with two guys who chewed. They used empty Big Gulp cups to spit in. One practice one of them accidentally spat into someone else's drink. Guess whose? Worse, guess how I found out?

[August]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

A long time ago I was in a band with two guys who chewed. They used empty Big Gulp cups to spit in. One practice one of them accidentally spat into someone else's drink. Guess whose? Worse, guess how I found out?

It was your buddies and he spewed it all back up on you?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

A long time ago I was in a band with two guys who chewed. They used empty Big Gulp cups to spit in. One practice one of them accidentally spat into someone else's drink. Guess whose? Worse, guess how I found out?

LOL Steve .....I could be sick at the thought

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Yea, I know,

I chewed Levi Garret for 18 years. I never put a cigarette or chew in my mouth until I was about 23 and went through my first divorce. Started with cigarettes for a month, but I hated smoke....after a few hours of being high and slightly sick off chew, crap became more addictive than I ever knew. It took about 12K of dental work about 8 years ago that I able to give it up. Chits hell on the gums and teeth

What got me to quit was i had a gum graft done because of a receeding gum line. Looking back on it now, i don't think it was tabacco related, but it did the trick. The real reason i think it was done, was because that Air Force doctor was getting out soon and he was building up his portfoloio. The before and after pictures he was taking was kind of a clue.

[Gerald]

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.