| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 26 Tobacco and the military |
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| Tobacco and the military: Prevalence Data |
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| The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt became the Navy's first smoke-free carrier in July 1993 after a series of incremental steps. Tobacco products were not sold aboard, and the crew of 5482 was prohibited from any tobacco use. The Roosevelt was on deployment in the Adriatic Sea off Yugoslavia at the time of the ban, and returned to home port in Norfolk in September 1993. In late 1993, Congressional pressure lead to reversal of the ban. |
| JAMA, June 16, 1993, p. 2960 and Navy Times, March 8, 1993 |
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| 56% of Vietnam veterans with high combat experience are smokers. Smoking-related diseases were present in 42% of veterans in a study from Denver, and another study documented smoking-related diseases in 35% of outpatients in veteran's hospitals. |
| Federal Practitioner, February 1995, p. 11 |
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| The 1996 Air Force smoking rate was 23%, down from 43% in 1985. The 1996 Navy smoking rate was 35%, and 35% for males and 27% for females in the Army. |
| US Medicine, February 1997 |
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| 36% of female Navy recruits ages 17-18 are current smokers, compared to only 13.8% of their non-military age group peers. Among entering female recruits age 19-23, 41% are smokers, compared to 24.8% of their civilian counterparts. The reason why the U.S. Navy attracts young women who smoke is not known. |
| Tobacco Control, Summer 1999, pp. 222-223 |
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| Smoking in the military dropped to 30% overall in 1998. |
| US Medicine, June 1999, p. 21 |
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