US NAVY SAILORS SWITCH TO SMOKELESS PRODUCTS, AFTER SMOKING BAN IMPOSED ON SUBMARINES
March 1st, 2011
BY CRAIG HOWIE
SINCE a ban on smoking tobacco on American naval submarines was enacted on last December 31, the number of sailors turning from cigarettes to smokeless tobacco products has boomed, a naval expert has told Tobacco Journal International.
The ban proscribes the use of all combustible tobacco products anywhere on a submarine, a tall-order for smoking sailors, given boats are submerged for up to three months at a time.
But submariners defending American interests in the Gulf, the Middle East and in hotspots around the world now have few other choices ...
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