Cigarette use among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits, compared with secular trends

Christopher Keith Haddock; Sara A Pyle; Margaret DeBon; Mark W Vander Weg; Robert C Klesges; Alan L Peterson; W S Carlos Poston

doi:10.7205/MILMED.172.3.288

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Cigarette use among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits, compared with secular trends

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Cigarette use among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits, compared with secular trends

Christopher Keith Haddock, Sara A Pyle, Margaret DeBon, Mark W Vander Weg, Robert C Klesges, Alan L Peterson and W S Carlos Poston

Military medicine, Vol.172(3), pp.288-294

03/2007

DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.3.288

PMID: 17436774

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Abstract

This study provides a comparison of cigarette smoking among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits. The first cohort, Air Force 1, entered the military between August 1995 and August 1996. The second cohort, Air Force 2, entered between October 1999 and September 2000. Cigarette use significantly increased among both men (7.0-percentage point increase) and women (7.3-percentage point increase) between the two cohorts. This difference remained statistically significant in models adjusted for demographic differences between the two groups of recruits. Direct standardization methods were then used to compare rates in both Air Force surveys with rates of current smoking reported for a national sample from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys from the same years. Although the average number of cigarettes smoked and years of smoking decreased between the two cohorts, troops from Air Force 2 reported being less motivated to quit. This study suggests that efforts to reduce smoking among junior enlisted troops in the Air Force should be bolstered.

United States - epidemiology

Cross-Sectional Studies

Military Medicine

Humans

Military Personnel - psychology

Male

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data

Smoking - epidemiology

Adolescent

Tobacco Use Disorder - epidemiology

Adult

Female

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Title: Subtitle: Cigarette use among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits, compared with secular trends
Creators: Christopher Keith Haddock - University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
Sara A Pyle
Margaret DeBon
Mark W Vander Weg
Robert C Klesges
Alan L Peterson
W S Carlos Poston
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Military medicine, Vol.172(3), pp.288-294
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.3.288
PMID: 17436774
NLM abbreviation: Mil Med
ISSN: 0026-4075
eISSN: 1930-613X
Publisher: England
Grant note: R18 HL053478 / NHLBI NIH HHS HL53478 / NHLBI NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 03/2007
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984064188302771

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