Smoking and Deployment: Perspectives of Junior-Enlisted U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army Personnel and Their Supervisors

Poston, Walker S. Carlos; Taylor, J. Edward; Hoffman, Kevin; Peterson, Alan L.; Lando, Harry A.; Shelton, Suzanne; Haddock, C. Keith

doi:10.7205/milmed.173.5.441

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“…16 In addition, lack of enforcement and inconsistency in policies across commands has been identified as factors (hat undermine tobacco control efforts. 3,15,16 …”

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Military Tobacco Policies: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Jahnke

Hoffman²,

Haddock

et al. 2011

Military Medicine

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The United States military has the legacy of a pro-tobacco culture and still has prevalence rates of tobacco use that are higher than their civilian counterparts. One tactic for decreasing use and the subsequent health problems is through effective tobacco control policies. We collected available tobacco control policies from all four branches of the military and, through qualitative analysis, identified policies that were unique either as providing more or less detail and restriction than peer group policies. Best and worst practice policies in the areas of enforcement, smoking cessation, smokeless tobacco use, environmental tobacco smoke, framing tobacco as non-normative, designated tobacco use areas, and monitoring of tobacco use are presented. Because policy making can be an effective tool for improving the health of military members, understanding what policy components are comparatively positive or negative is an important tool for health advocates both in the military and civilian settings.

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“…16 In addition, lack of enforcement and inconsistency in policies across commands has been identified as factors (hat undermine tobacco control efforts. 3,15,16 …”

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Military Tobacco Policies: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Jahnke

Hoffman²,

Haddock

et al. 2011

Military Medicine

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“…Combat exposure as well as longer length and number of deployments are associated with increased prevalence of smoking and smoking recidivism according to analysis of longitudinal data which reports increased odds of smoking initiation (1.6) and smoking recidivism (1.3) for deployment with combat exposure compared to deployment without combat exposure (Smith et al, 2008) (see Table 1). During deployment, service members report smoking helps cope with stress, boredom, and sleep problems; endorse a belief that the dangers of smoking are insignificant compared to those of combat; and perceive smoking as socially acceptable in military culture (Poston et al, 2008). Further, use of cigars and smokeless tobacco have been increasing among military recruits (Vander Weg et al, 2008).…”

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Military Combat Deployments and Substance Use: Review and Future Directions

Larson

Wooten

Adams

et al. 2012

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans experience extreme stressors and injuries during deployments, witnessing and participating in traumatic events. The military has organized prevention and treatment programs as a result of increasing suicides and posttraumatic stress disorder among troops; however, there is limited research on how to intervene with alcohol misuse and drug use that accompany these problems. This review presents statistics about post-deployment substance use problems and comorbidities, and discusses the military’s dual role in 1) enforcing troop readiness with its alcohol and drug policies and resiliency-building programs, and 2) seeking to provide treatment to troops with combat-acquired problems including substance abuse.

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“…A key component of this culture is the perception by personnel that the military provides cheap and easily accessible tobacco in its military retail stores. 19,20 In fact, formative work among junior enlisted personnel, military health policy leaders, and installation tobacco control managers suggests that the perception of cheap tobacco on military installations is among the most significant barriers to tobacco control in the DoD. 21 In 2011 we investigated the veracity of this perception by comparing the price of tobacco at military retail outlets (n = 145) with a standardized local community retailer (the nearest Walmart).…”

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