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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792340103321

Titolo

Combating tobacco use in military and veteran populations [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations ; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Stuart Bondurant and Roberta Wedge, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

0-309-14684-4

1-282-43718-6

9786612437182

0-309-13768-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BondurantStuart

WedgeRoberta

Disciplina

362.29/6608835500973

Soggetti

Smoking cessation - United States

Smoking - United States - Prevention

Soldiers - Health - United States

Soldiers - Tobacco use - United States - Prevention

Tobacco use - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Scope of the problem -- Factors that influence tobacco use -- Tobacco-control programs: evidence-based practices -- Department of Defense tobacco-control activities -- Department of Veterans Affairs tobacco-control activities -- Summary and recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

"The health and economic costs of tobacco use in military and veteran populations are high. In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) make recommendations on how to reduce tobacco initiation and encourage cessation in both military and veteran populations. In its 2009 report, Combating Tobacco in Military and Veteran Populations, the authoring committee concludes that to



prevent tobacco initiation and encourage cessation, both DoD and VA should implement comprehensive tobacco-control programs."--Publisher's description.