Smoking ban about to kick in for Navy submarines
December 30th, 2010
Smoking ban about to kick in for Navy submarines
Starting Jan. 1, one of the liveliest spots aboard most submarines will wither away into the history books. RIP, Smoke Pit. Its death was scripted in April, when Navy officials announced smoking would no longer be allowed on submarines at sea. The reason: Testing showed that despite air filtering, there were “unacceptable levels” of secondhand smoke on submerged submarines.
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