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solariam t1_jclpp6o wrote

Tobacco products are not permitted in many departments; you commit to that when you're hired. Anecdotally, I'd say there's one guy on the shift/in one station who occasionally dabbles (out of the group of 8ish who staff that station/shift for my firefighter, and the guy is an old timer). The cancer risk comes from constantly working around burning building materials/the culture around cleaning gear, which is shifting.

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medic580 t1_jclr6fw wrote

Tobacco products are not permitted but are pretty commonly used, at least in my part of the commonwealth. The culture is shifting for sure, hopefully that momentum continues.

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solariam t1_jclrcbp wrote

Fair enough-- not a firefighter myself but other than a very occasional lip, I don't see/hear of much use here.

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