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UNINA9910816963403321 |
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Titolo |
Combating tobacco use in military and veteran populations / / 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 |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-309-14684-4 |
1-282-43718-6 |
9786612437182 |
0-309-13768-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BondurantStuart |
WedgeRoberta |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Smoking cessation - United States |
Smoking - United States - Prevention |
Soldiers - Health - United States |
Soldiers - Tobacco use - United States - Prevention |
Tobacco use - United States - Prevention |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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 |
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