diff --git a/data/json/professions.json b/data/json/professions.json
index 341f39601bd9f..9e9c5f08d47f0 100644
--- a/data/json/professions.json
+++ b/data/json/professions.json
@@ -1061,8 +1061,8 @@
     "points": -1,
     "items": {
       "both": [ "crackpipe", "crack", "crack", "ref_lighter", "tank_top" ],
-      "male": [ "pants", "flip_flops" ],
-      "female": [ "skirt", "heels" ]
+      "male": [ "jeans", "flip_flops" ],
+      "female": [ "jeans", "heels" ]
     },
     "addictions": [ { "intensity": 20, "type": "crack" } ]
   },
@@ -1628,6 +1628,7 @@
     "name": "Shower Victim",
     "description": "You were in the middle of a nice, hot shower when the Cataclysm struck!  You barely managed to escape with some soap and the most massively useful thing ever…  a towel.",
     "points": -1,
+    "flags": [ "NO_BONUS_ITEMS" ],
     "items": { "both": { "items": [ "towel_wet" ], "entries": [ { "item": "soap", "custom-flags": [ "auto_wield" ] } ] } }
   },
   {
@@ -2253,6 +2254,7 @@
     "name": "Lost Submissive",
     "description": "Early in the rush to safety, you were separated from your master by cruel fate.  Now you are on your own with nothing to your name but a suit of really kinky black leather.  Unfortunately, there's no safewords in the apocalypse.",
     "points": -1,
+    "flags": [ "NO_BONUS_ITEMS" ],
     "items": { "both": [ "bondage_suit", "bondage_mask", "boots", "leather_belt", "matches" ] }
   },
   {
@@ -2956,6 +2958,7 @@
       "both": {
         "items": [
           "under_armor_shorts",
+          "purse",
           "under_armor",
           "socks",
           "elbow_pads",
diff --git a/doc/JSON_INFO.md b/doc/JSON_INFO.md
index 97c471587ea26..36181ecefd871 100644
--- a/doc/JSON_INFO.md
+++ b/doc/JSON_INFO.md
@@ -965,6 +965,8 @@ player will start with this as a nearby vehicle.
 
 A list of flags. TODO: document those flags here.
 
+- ```NO_BONUS_ITEMS``` Prevent bonus items (such as inhalers with the ASTHMA trait) from being given to this profession 
+
 Mods can modify this via `add:flags` and `remove:flags`.
 
 #### `cbms`
diff --git a/src/profession.cpp b/src/profession.cpp
index d2ff7604be714..9892806376979 100644
--- a/src/profession.cpp
+++ b/src/profession.cpp
@@ -389,10 +389,12 @@ std::list<item> profession::items( bool male, const std::vector<trait_id> &trait
     result.insert( result.begin(), group_both.begin(), group_both.end() );
     result.insert( result.begin(), group_gender.begin(), group_gender.end() );
 
-    std::vector<itype_id> bonus = item_substitutions.get_bonus_items( traits );
-    for( const itype_id &elem : bonus ) {
-        if( elem != no_bonus ) {
-            result.push_back( item( elem, advanced_spawn_time(), item::default_charges_tag {} ) );
+    if( !has_flag( "NO_BONUS_ITEMS" ) ) {
+        std::vector<itype_id> bonus = item_substitutions.get_bonus_items( traits );
+        for( const itype_id &elem : bonus ) {
+            if( elem != no_bonus ) {
+                result.push_back( item( elem, advanced_spawn_time(), item::default_charges_tag {} ) );
+            }
         }
     }
     for( auto iter = result.begin(); iter != result.end(); ) {
diff --git a/tests/new_character_test.cpp b/tests/new_character_test.cpp
index bd22923d3f274..d89a377f6dd7f 100644
--- a/tests/new_character_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/new_character_test.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ TEST_CASE( "starting_items", "[slow]" )
         trait_id( "LACTOSE" ),
         //trait_id( "LEG_TENTACLES" ),
         trait_id( "MEATARIAN" ),
+        trait_id( "ASTHMA" ),
         //trait_id( "RAP_TALONS" ),
         //trait_id( "TAIL_FLUFFY" ),
         //trait_id( "TAIL_LONG" ),