No smoking in Obama’s military. Will the Dems ever have no guns in the military, too?
January 27th, 2010 by eranio
Amusing that the Dems would deny smoking to soldiers that have their lives on the line every moment they are in combat zones. Yet President Obama still smokes cigarettes. Is it elite vs not elite?
Now a proposal to make the forces smoke-free is drawing strong reactions from troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though the Pentagon itself says any ban is a long way off.
The troops’ fears — and, in some cases, hopes — were triggered by a study commissioned by the Pentagon and the Veterans Affairs Department that recommends moving toward a tobacco-free military, perhaps in about 20 years.
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January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
It is a proposal that will fail, even if enacted.
If a Man or Woman serves and wants a cigarette, give them a carton, and get out of their way.
You know what is worse than me smoking? Someone nagging about me smoking.
Second hand smoke. The lie is that it is more dangerous than the smoke we inhale. Well, if that is true, then smokers are the toughest people on earth. We not only smoke we also inhale second hand smoke.
And with all of the poisons that are supposedly in cigarettes, smokers are obviously the most resilient people on earth. IF there was really cyanide in cigarette smoke, then you wimps that die from cyanide inhalation are useless, while us smokers are nearly indestructible. You need us in uniform, protecting your wimpy butts.
So, you anti smokers need to stop the lies, and present ACTUAL REAL FACTS.
And you know, a cup of coffee and a cigarette sounds mighty fine right now.
The Smoking Lamp is lit.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
The main reason for this is because it will save money in the free military health care system so if we had Obama care the same will apply to us, the government will start banning "unhealthy" things in order to save costs.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Could you link an article to this post?
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Thank you blue dogs and Madelien good points. Now consider this. How much more do we have to place ourselves under BIG BROTHERS THUMB?
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Everyone has the right to breathe clean air, even a soldier.
It is not about freedom to smoke: smokers are forcing other to breathe their second hand smoke.
It’s like sitting in a restaurant with people at the next table drinking alcohol and forcing some part of their drink in your mouth everytime they take a gulp.
The freedom is to breathe clean air everywhere. It took people a long time to stand up against the dictatorship of smokers
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
The military has been trying to eliminate smoking since I was in, over 15 years ago.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
and while they’re at it they should not allow sales of junk food to fat people at the stores. They also make health care costs go way up.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
That proposal was crushed months ago. I remember it. My husband is an AD Marine who dips, and he was following the progression of this "suggested ban". He has been in the Marine Corps over 15 years and stated "they have brought up the possibility of a tobacco ban multiple times during my career. It has been dropped multiple times". The DOD acknowledges they were not going to pursue a smoking ban. This is old news.
By the way, the Democrats didn’t recommend this. It was the Pentagon Health. They were the ones who conducted the study and recommended it.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
It’s not just the Dems, you sound stupid when you point fingers.
I’m a smoker, and I’ll tell you what, if anyone’s worried about what smoking’s going to do to my health then they should look in the mirror to realize that they’re overweight.
When Americans are in shape and don’t look like lumpy mountains of jello, I will gladly stop harming myself with smoke.
Anyway, this "phasing out of tobacco" thing isn’t a suggestion from the "Dems" or "for military personel only"
And like others have pointed out, it was going on when I served my 6 years too.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Nope. This was NOT a ban recommendation by the Democrats. This was suggested by the Pentagon. If a Republican president would have been in office, it would have been on his desk. However, when it was concluded and released there happened to have a Democratic President.
You are really not up to date on your current events. You are on here whining, but you are completely unaware that there will be no ban. It was shot down within a matter of weeks. I am sorry, I am not an Obama fan…..but what I hate more is when people use their “fake sympathy” to the military in their agenda.
You don’t care bout the military and their freedom of choice. You just dislike Democrats, so you are acting like you are a sympathizer and supporter of the military to push your agenda. I suggest you check your sources before you start ranting. The ban is not happening.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
It’s definitely not the Dems who are trying to ban Cigs. Bush signed off on the Ban on smoking in any federal building to include clubs on military bases. But that military has been trying to cut back on tobacco use by soldiers for decades.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
The military will be smoke free when the rest of the country is smoke free. And right now, that is going to be a long way off. Trust me, this has been in the air from before I came in 14 years ago. It just comes up from time to time and the dissipates as fast a the smoke does.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Actually my dear, smoking can alert the terrorist that soldiers are near the smell and the smoke will let any terrorist hiding know your husband or love one is around and to ambush them.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Hey, one of the progressives that Clinton nominated to be a Under Secretary to the Navy.
Wanted the Marine Corps to receive sensitivity training, she thought they were to aggressive.
She lasted about two weeks on the job, before the Blue Dog Democrats fired her butt.