EAT YOUR SMOKES!

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Three police academy instructors lost their jobs after ordering two cadets to eat cigarette sandwiches as punishment for smoking.
The cadets vomited. One collapsed and was taken unconscious to a hospital.
"There were three training advisers involved in the incident. As of today they are no longer employed," Hugh Foster, director of the Criminal Justice Training Center at Golden West College, said Monday.
Citing legal concerns, Foster wouldn't say whether the three part-time trainers were fired or resigned. The names of the instructors weren't disclosed.
The two cadets admitted being smokers Friday during an inspection and were then ordered to eat cigarette sandwiches. They have fully recovered, Foster said.
"During the course of the inspection, one of the training advisers detected the smell of smoke on a cadet's clothing. The adviser asked the cadet if he smoked. He responded that he did," Foster said.
Then, the training adviser asked if anyone else smoked. One other male responded that he smoked. The training adviser then directed the two recruits to go to their cars and bring back their cigarettes.
Upon returning to class, the recruits were ordered to place their cigarettes between two pieces of bread and to take two bites each. All the training advisers were present at the time.
Both recruits complied with the request and took two bites. After that, they were given about 250 push-ups and 50 pull-ups.
Both cadets remain in the training program and are expected to be among 22 classmates graduating Friday.