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| US Navy introduces smoking ban on submarines |
| 2010-12-31 |
| [AFP] - US Navy moves to ban its crews from smoking aboard submarines starting Friday. A Pentagon study found the risks of second-hand smoke were severe in those highly confined spaces. Submarine Forces Commander Vice Admiral John Donnelly ordered the ban aboard 73 US subs, citing health concerns. About 40 percent of the 13,000 US submarine sailors smoke -- double the US national average. US submarine sailors are also bracing for another major change with women being allowed to serve aboard submarines for the first time starting late next year or in early 2012. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #7 About time someone brought these rowdy submariners under control! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-12-31 18:03 |
| #6 I admit, it probably is overdue for submariners, but if they try that for the Carriers, get ready for lots of report chits. |
| Posted by: Meet Me On The Smoke Deck 2010-12-31 14:12 |
| #5 I too am surprised that they hadn't already banned smoking. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-12-31 13:25 |
| #4 When I was a swabbie (66-70) there was no smoking except at designated times, places and preferably on deck (Out in the open air) as I never smoked, I generaly Ignored the whistling of the Bo'sun's Pipe and the announcement "The smoking Lamp is now Lit", so this is NOT new. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-12-31 12:06 |
| #3 A decade or two overdue? |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-12-31 09:16 |
| #2 Not only fresh air, fire on-board a submerged sub is a very bad news. |
| Posted by: CincinnatusChili 2010-12-31 01:17 |
| #1 Wow, you mean they didn't have it already? I would have thought smoking would have been banned long ago, not for eco-reasons but for the limited fresh air. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-12-31 00:08 |