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Can you vape on submarines?
The Navy is banning all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices from its aircraft, ships, boats, and submarines after a string of incidents caused physical injuries to sailors. “These devices pose a significant and unacceptable risk to Navy personnel, facilities, submarines, ships, vessels and aircraft.”
Smoking is allowed in designated areas on Navy ships and at Navy and Marine Corps installations, and Mabus’ proposal would not change that. Smoking has been prohibited on submarines since December 2010. Cigarettes in military rations were discontinued in the 1970s. “And you are seeing smoking going down.”
Did sailors smoke on submarines?
But tobacco-friendly members of Congress stopped the ban before it took effect, the authors of the current study write. In the mid-1970s, smoking was allowed virtually everywhere aboard submarines, the study says. By the year 2000, smokers were contained to two six-by-six foot areas on subs.
Which military service has the highest rate of smoking?
the Marine Corps
Of all branches of the military, members of the Marine Corps reported the highest percentage of smokers (30.8 percent), followed by the Army (26.7 percent), Navy (24.4 percent), Coast Guard (19.9 percent) and the Air Force (16.7 percent), which has the lowest percentage of smokers.
Do submarines have smoking areas?
Currently, smoking areas on submarines are designated at the discretion of the sub commanders. But after the surgeon general’s 2006 report about the negative effects of second-hand smoke, the Navy decided to commission its own study.
Can you smoke on a ship while it is underwater?
Yes, but people DID smoke while submerged. Fast attacks don’t surface hardly ever (we actually surfaced every few weeks to reapply the coating to the periscope head windows) and there is no “deck” to stand on while at sea, only the small “cockpit”. At sea each boat has a specific smoking area.
As with other branches of the military, smoking has long been a staple of Navy culture. For decades, cigarettes were even included in the emergency rations stored in lifeboats alongside food and water. Lt. Cmdr. Mark Jones of the Commander Naval Submarine Forces out of Norfolk, Va., said about 40 percent of the submarine sailors are smokers.