Jul
12
Study recommends total ban on smoking for soldiers – CNN.com.
This is a tough one.
How can we tell a soldier after being up for 20-some hours on duty protecting that which we treasure most they can’t have a cigarette?
That nicotine probably keeps him/her up long enough to endure. Maybe not a cigarette. It could be a chew of tobacco. Have you ever stood post for a 24hr period. Lives are in your hands?
Yep, I’m a huge non-smoking advocate
But, this is a difficult pill to swallow.
Hmm…
Carpe Diem
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Yeah, it’s tough. I take care of vets…how am I supposed to tell them that their 80 pack year history is killing them when it was originally the government that gave them cigs in the first place?
I don’t.
@ Caroline Absolutely
Let them smoke (I am a reformed smoker and think everyone should quit for health benefits) – but – how can we possibley ask these men and woman to put their life on the line – but not smoke.
@ jacinda Thank you for your thoughts. I think we both agree on this one.
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