Being a former Marine myself (remember, there are no ex-Marines), I have to say that Im disappointed in the direction that the Marine Corps has decided to take regarding their treatment of E-cigarettes and Vapers. Essentially, the Marines have gone even further that the rest of the government as far as lumping vapers and smokers into the same category is concerned.
Using a base order released by the Commanding Officer of Camp Lejeune, NC, which is directed to those Marines and other servicemen/women stationed therein, as a standard for the Marines overall attitude towards E-cigarettes, we can see that they are systematically denying reality and attempting to remain politically correct and health-oriented as is popular in the media nowadays. First, their statement that the best methods for breaking ones self of the tobacco habit are smoking cessation and readily available professional assistance. This ignores several established scientific studies that show that vaping is, in fact, the best method of quitting smoking.
The order continually refers to the smoking of E-cigarettes, which shows that the upper echelon of Camp Lejeune didnt even bother to do the barest, most elementary research into the topic
enough to know that E-cigarettes are not smoked at all. The directive also establishes educational programs (which only actually serve to stand between a Marine and their first beer of the evening) to educate Marines about the dangers of tobacco replacement devices. Well, if they would go so far as to attempt a five-minute Google search... (Click here to read the rest of my article.)
