Will the military ban smoking?

good post

Told you it wouldnt happen.

you wuz right

the Australian Government has never stopped any military personell from smoking they took the easy way out and Banned Smoking of any Kind on or in Government owned Buildings we have now banned smoking in cars with Children in them Banned smoking in shopping Malls Resturants and sports Ovals and we are trying to ban smoking on public footpaths i hope the USA followes similar routes

the Australian Government took the easy way and Banned Smoking of any Kind in or on any government owned Building or Facility and removed all the Ashtrays we can not even go outside on the Grass and now they have Banned smoking in shopping malls and smoking around children at sports venues and in cars i gave up 14 years ago Retired Warrant Officer air force

i see what you're saying, but how did the Australian Government deal with this situation

A ban in the U.S. Armed Forces against smoking wouldn't surprise me a bit.

I retired just about 10 years ago. By *that point*, the deglamorization of tobacco had reached such hysterical levels that anyone (once it was known they were one of "those people") had such annotated in their official records and was openly ostracized from any social circles or "appearance"-based duties. Now... mind you... that was almost 10 years ago (Air Force). I can only imagine where its at today.

I very much see the points that smoking is destructive; that it costs lives and billions of dollars (in this case, taxpayer dollars) so its difficult to defend. Even so, there's a danger here in dictating any personal habit that can be tied to health. Perhaps that's an unwarranted slippery-slope. Even so, I didn't like where it was headed.

So no, a complete ban and prohibition for your whole career wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Thanks

Crap post...she's a smoker so always defends smoking....anyway, since the military is also acting on height/weight limits it's irrelevant to the conversation.

Also, it isn't an either/or thing, so she's implying a false dichotomy...the military (or anything or anyone else) don't have to EITHER ban smoking OR work on obesity. It's possible to do both.

I suspect part of the reasoning behind a possible ban was to limit being sued by personnel exposed to second-hand smoke.

Cripes, if I now found myself in the armed forces in a war zone, I'd start smoking again. It's been 29 years...

Glad Gates just said no, at least re war zone.