With all due respect, I've stopped believing in the Jewish-turned-Christian prophet and his quatrains, if for no other reason they are promoted by a Zionist media media machine in a heavily inculcated and indoctrinated society, but something nefarious could be at the bottom of this pivot.
"Navy considers banning tobacco sales on bases" by Jennifer McDermott | Associated Press June 06, 2014
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Tobacco sales on Navy ships and in stores on Navy and Marine Corps bases would be a thing of the past under a plan being considered by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, but some congressional members are pushing back.
The third antichrist!
Wait, he's in Libya (and for my money, he's the guy who invaded Iraq in 2003 based on damnable, $elf-$erving lies).
The Navy Department, which includes the Marine Corps, would be the first military department to prohibit tobacco sales.
‘‘We know tobacco kills you. We know it makes you less fit, and one of our big initiatives is to have sailors that are fit and resilient,’’ Mabus said in an interview during a visit to Rhode Island this week. ‘‘And so the whole idea is that we want to encourage sailors who smoke to quit.’’
How disingenuous from a military that let cigarette companies pass 'em out for free when the kids went into Iraq! This is about VA HEALTH COSTS, guys!
Congress is considering a measure that would prevent Mabus from instituting a sales ban, with the prohibition’s opponents arguing it overreaches on a habit that is unhealthy but still legal.
Tobacco use costs the Defense Department an estimated $1.6 billion annually in medical costs and lost work time, said spokeswoman Joy Crabaugh.
A 2011 Defense Department survey found that 24 percent of troops smoke, compared with about 20 percent of civilians. More than 80 percent of heavy smokers in the military said they used cigarettes to relax and to relieve stress.
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, and cigarettes in military rations were discontinued in the 1970s.
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Time for me to go take a smoke!
