Govt possibly banning smoking for soldiersFollow

There was actually a thread on something similar a while back. Smokers being disallowed government health care for lung cancer caused by their smoking.

I'm not really in favour of punishing smokers both finanically and physically for their habit, but I do maintain that it's one of the mostly stupidly unhealthy habits a person can have, and no smoker should ever pretend that they're different from the guy who drinks his liver into purple mush and the morbidly obese teenager who refuses to stop eating.

There's something logical in stopping soldiers, who are in a very physical line of work, from engaging in something likely to affect their health, but - let's be honest. They're soldiers. It's their job to engage in activities likely to affect their health, and most of the really terrible health consequences of smoking should only become apparent when they're much older. Banning cigarettes in the military is a waste of time. They should just reverse the practices that allow the military to sell cigarettes to soldiers at vastly reduced prices.

Edited, Jul 19th 2009 12:18pm by zepoodle

You don't get it, do you?

You're a fool to drink in the military. Most of the kids aren't even past 21 anyway. You don't get a hand slap for drinking underage while in the military. You get your *** busted and NJP'd. Besides, one of the excuses they give about why smoking should be banned is detrimental effects to health. If that is the case, how the hell can you focus while drunk? Let alone, getting off around 8pm and waking up at 4:45am doesn't give you much time to rest off a hangover. :P Especially if you went drinking that night. (Which is why it's stupid to drink when you have work so early in the morn'. )#$(@)

*****'s are too expensive when you can just ***** the Navy women around base anyway (It's okay! They're consenting!). ('-'*) And after that night of whoredom, I want a cig. I want a cig for waking up so damn early, getting off so damn late, not getting to see my loved ones, and not going out to find a loved one. I also want a cig for all the people who feel like giving me a hard time throughout the day because they're so goddamned bored, because, like myself, they just want to go home. Or they're just bored. LOL.

There's a lot to it than just OMG IM GETTING SHOT AT. It's the constant stress that goes by with day to day activities. One might say not to sign up for these kinds of things if this is what's going to happen, but hey. It's a job. It's a job that pays, and it's a job with benefits. If people have to endure this kind of thing, let them smoke. It's their choice and their right to, anyway. If we're going to put ourselves on the front line and fight to "defend our country", you better damn well let us do what we want on our off time, considering most of the people in the US aren't doing anything but spouting their two cents of epic stupid anyway.

But are there dwarves?

What!?

It'll be a sad day when I can't get cheap beer and cigarettes on base ;_;

Edited, Jul 19th 2009 11:28pm by Yamadog

You can always quit at the end of your enlistment. Then just maybe, you won't need to smoke so much!

Nonono hahaha. Back up.
Wasn't talking about me. I was talking about possibilities and giving examples. Hahaha! And a response to someone who was talking about buying a *****, or something as an alternative from money being saved by not smoking.

If we're talking about me, the best excuse I can give as to why I started picking up on smoking would be because of long stressful days of hard work and missing my loved ones. It's not something I do intentionally, it just happens. That's the excuse that follows along with it though. I personally would never pick up a *****. Gross.

@Yamadog
I could. I don't want to though. Believe it or not, despite the "stress" I was talking about, I still love what I do. There's just consequences to it. I'm just mad I can't bang my lover. >:[ Ffsdfsfsddfsh. RAEG. Don't miss the point of this though! Cigs shouldn't be b&. Teh endz.

Without disputing your assertion that those are some expensive conditions, I think your stat is rectogenerated.

I'd like to see a cite on the first quoted statement, and I would like it to exclude end-of-life care.

If it helps at all, there are normally designated smoke pits in certain areas of the base. At least, that's how it's been for the Marine Corps bases and the Navy ones that I've been to. I don't believe we can smoke elsewhere. SooOoOOo. Though, you have a valid idea.

I think it's safe to assume that shadowrelm meant the various comorbid conditions associated with smoking--asthma, emphysema, lung cancer, etc.

But then, shadowrelm being shadowrelm, I'm sure it's equally possible he's just talking nonsense.