No Smoking ABoard US Subs This Year

Next Change For US Navy: No Smoking On Submarines -- Christian Science Monitor

Submarines will be 'no smoking' by the end of the year. This follows the February announcement by the US Navy that women sailors will begin serving alongside men on submarines.

The US Navy will ban smoking on all its submarines this year out of concern about secondhand smoke.

The Navy determined that the ban on smoking was in order after testing aboard subs found “unacceptable levels” of secondhand smoke, despite air purification systems.

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My Comment: The chain smokers are either going to quit the Navy .... or they are going to be very irritable until they get over their habit.