Open AccessIs It Time for a Tobacco-free Military?
Author(s) -
Elizabeth A. Smith,
Sara A. Jahnke,
Walker S. Carlos Poston,
Larry Williams,
C. Keith Haddock,
Steven A. Schroeder,
Ruth E. Malone
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp1405976
Subject(s) - medicine , tobacco use , military service , military personnel , military medicine , perception , environmental health , service member , law , political science , population , neuroscience , biology
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.
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