Is it time for a tobacco-free military?

Elizabeth A Smith; Sara A Jahnke; Walker S C Poston; Larry N Williams; Christopher K Haddock; Steven A Schroeder; Ruth E Malone

doi:10.1056/NEJMp1405976

Is it time for a tobacco-free military?

N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 14;371(7):589-91. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1405976. Epub 2014 Jul 2.

Authors

Elizabeth A Smith¹, Sara A Jahnke, Walker S C Poston, Larry N Williams, Christopher K Haddock, Steven A Schroeder, Ruth E Malone

Affiliation

¹ From the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (E.A.S., S.A.S., R.E.M.); the National Development and Research Institutes, Leawood, KS, and New York (S.A.J., W.S.C.P., C.K.H.); and Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, Downers Grove, IL (L.N.W.).

Abstract

Achieving a tobacco-free military requires rethinking current perceptions of service members' tobacco use and unmasking the forces perpetuating those perceptions. Prohibiting tobacco use would be entirely consistent with other military requirements regarding health.

MeSH terms

Civil Rights
Commerce
Health Policy
Humans
Lobbying
Military Medicine
Military Personnel*
Smoking / legislation & jurisprudence
Smoking Cessation / legislation & jurisprudence*
Smoking Prevention*
Tobacco Industry
Tobacco Use Cessation
United States

Abstract

MeSH terms

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