US Bans smoking on submarines

[August]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/...smokeless_subs

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Eric Talmadge, Associated Press – Mon Feb 14, 5:41 am ET YOKOSUKA, Japan – As if life on a submarine wasn't already stressful enough, with its cramped quarters, long work hours and weeks at sea, thousands of smokers on the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet recently got an unwelcome ultimatum from Uncle Sam.
As of last month, all submarines in the U.S. Navy are officially smoke free — and it's been a tense transition.

Tense as a mooses butt during fly season i'll bet!

[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.

[UnderseaLcpl]

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

[Jimbuna]

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

[bookworm_020]

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

[Bubblehead Nuke]

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.

[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,

[Takeda Shingen]

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.

[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.