Smoke Not: What Your Country Can Do for You (A Tobacco Use Policy for the U.S.Marine Corps)

摘要

The United States Marine Corps can no longer justify to the American taxpayer theextraordinary expense of medical treatment for Marines who suffer from tobacco related diseases. Those expenses involve treating active duty Marines and former Marines in the Veterans Administration health care system. The Marine Corps should condition future enlistments upon an agreement to abstain from the use of tobacco products, and phase out tobacco use by Marines already on active duty. Such a policy is economically sound, legally enforceable, and undeniably beneficial to the personal health and combat effectiveness of Marines of the 21st century.