Originally Posted by
SpeedyStein
As an Active Duty member of the Coast Guard, I can tell you that it is sad how much higher the smoking rate is with servicemembers than with the civilian population. I can only imagine how pissed one of those "Old Guard" sailors would be if they stumbled off the boat over to the Exchange to buy smokes/dip and find that they are not allowed to sell it on base anymore. Yes, I am specifically calling out about 1/3 of the senior enlisted by saying that, but they are the ones buying tobacco on base... other than the fresh out of boot camp 18 year olds who take up smoking because their "cool chief" smokes too.
The AO's at my previous job all chewed (you can imagine smoking is banned). Same deal with the civilians doing similar work, both there and at my current place. Sometimes an engineer that smokes will pick up the chew from the wage-grades. One at my prior job one of them got a stern talking-to for bringing his spit cut to meetings.
I never wanted to smoke and didn't understand the desire til I went to college somewhere cold. Then I sort of envied the guys tromping to class through the snow with a cigarette. I'm glad I never picked it up.
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