Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Chuck Hagel Signals Support for Tobacco Sales Ban on Military Bases



Chuck Hagel Signals Support for Tobacco Sales Ban on Military Bases

by AWR Hawkins 1 Apr 2014
As the Navy considers a ban of tobacco on all bases and ships, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is signaling his willingness to accept that ban and more.

According to Stars and Stripes, Hagel said, "I don't know if there's anybody in American who still thinks that tobacco is good for you."

We don't allowing smoking in any of our government buildings. Restaurants, states, [and] municipalities have pretty clear regulations on this. I think in reviewing any options that we have as to whether we in the military through commissaries [or] PXs sell or continue to sell tobacco is something we need to look at it. And I think we owe it to our people.

Hagel indicated "tobacco-related health issues cost the Department of Defense more than a billion dollars a year." He said, "Now the dollars are one thing. But the health of your people--I don't know if you put a price tag on that."

Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack Obama administration, and was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Note: U.S. Navy is the U.S. Department of Defense for oversees.
Sean O'Keefe was the comptroller & CFO for the U.S. Department of Defense, the secretary for the U.S. Navy, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Norman W. Ray was a vice admiral for the U.S. Navy, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Herbert M. Allison Jr. was an officer for the U.S. Navy, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. was an admiral for the U.S. Navy, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Charles R. Larson was an admiral for the U.S. Navy, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
R. James Woolsey was the under secretary for the U.S. Navy, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Harold Brown is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the Philip Morris International Inc., and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Philip Morris International
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) is an American global cigarette and tobacco company, with products sold in over 200 countries with 15.6% of the international cigarette market outside the United States.
Stephen M. Wolf is a director at Philip Morris International Inc., an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a senior adviser at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior managing director for Lazard Freres & Co. LLC., Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Chuck Hagel is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack Obama administration, and was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Harold Brown is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the Philip Morris International Inc., and was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense.






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