Combating tobacco use in military and veteran populations

Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations. (Author). Bondurant, Stuart. (Added Author). Wedge, Roberta. (Added Author).

Summary: "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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780309137683 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0309137683 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0309137675 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780309137676 (pbk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xii, 367 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:may.17.13 CatBulkString:may.13 Multi-User
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Summary -- 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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.