Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Smoking - Hearing Protection - Sanitation I OUT OF THE TRENCHES" video.

  1. Smoking, Well clay pipes were still being used by British men up to WW 1 but these did not survive long in the trenches. Also one of the "advantages" of smoking was a calming effect it had so was often recommended by doctors. This is one of the reasons smoking became so widespread during this time. Interestingly doctors in the US were being used to sell cigarettes in the 50s often sighting there medical advantages, this despite the fact German doctors had shown that smoking was carcinogenic back in the 30s. My paternal grandfather served in the Royal Garrison Artillery at both the Somme and Passchendaele firing the big 60lb shells and I know he suffered from hearing loss. Unlike the infantry gunners would be in the front line for weeks or months at a time.
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