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Some [[ODST|ODSTs]] like to smoke "contraband" cigarettes which do not have ignition ends; instead, they use "strike anywhere" matches issued to them by their commanders.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 115: ''They flared like the "strike-anywhere" matches the ODSTs used to light their contraband cigarettes.''</ref> This "contraband" moniker may mean that cigarettes have become largely illegal in [[2552]] because of their detrimental effects on health. | Some [[ODST|ODSTs]] like to smoke "contraband" cigarettes which do not have ignition ends; instead, they use "strike anywhere" matches issued to them by their commanders.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 115: ''They flared like the "strike-anywhere" matches the ODSTs used to light their contraband cigarettes.''</ref> This "contraband" moniker may mean that cigarettes have become largely illegal in [[2552]] because of their detrimental effects on health. | ||
This may not be the case in the civilian population however | This may not be the case in the civilian population, however, as numerous cigarette butts can be found on the ground alongside piles of trash in [[New Mombasa]] and its [[Turf (Level)|outskirts]]. There are also several "No Smoking" signs on buildings in New Mombasa. It is possible that a certain number of cigarettes can be smoked in an amount of time by a [[marine]] of the [[UNSC]], or that certain kinds of cigarettes are legal to smoke. ODSTs may prefer to use a type of illegal cigarette, one that needs to be manually lit in order to smoke. It is even possible that the UNSC has banned cigarettes. However, this would not explain why [[Captain Keyes]] has had a pipe for decades. | ||
The only person so far mentioned as a smoker of these is [[Corporal Harland]], although [[Private Walker]] accepted one Harland offered him.<ref>[[The Fall of Reach]] page 173</ref> The increase in popularity of [[Tobacco Gum]] may have contributed to the decline of smoking. [[John]] also encountered a guard smoking a cigarette while fighting rebels at [[Camp New Hope]] on [[Victoria]]. <ref>[[Ghosts of Onyx]] page 31</ref> | The only person so far mentioned as a smoker of these is [[Corporal Harland]], although [[Private Walker]] accepted one Harland offered him.<ref>[[The Fall of Reach]] page 173</ref> The increase in popularity of [[Tobacco Gum]] may have contributed to the decline of smoking. [[John]] also encountered a guard smoking a cigarette while fighting rebels at [[Camp New Hope]] on [[Victoria]]. <ref>[[Ghosts of Onyx]] page 31</ref> | ||