The Pentagon wants to ban smoking in the military. The reason given is that tobacco use is harmful and it's health effects cost the Department of Veterans Affairs hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
Seems to me the Pentagon could save money by properly outfitting soldiers they put into harms way, such as making sure every GI in the field has the body armor they need and the vehicles they ride in are armor plated in ways that will survive roadside bombs. Like cigarettes, those bombs have a deleterious effect on soldiers health too. Surgeries and prosthetics for those who survive the bombings aren't cheap either.
Until the Pentagon does all that and more, I say let 'em smoke.
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