Efficacy of a tailored tobacco control program on long-term use in a population of U.S. Military troops. |
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Authors: | Klesges, Robert C. DeBon, Margaret Vander Weg, Mark W. Haddock, C. Keith Lando, Harry A. Relyea, George E. Peterson, Alan L. Talcott, G. Wayne |
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Abstract: | The authors evaluated the effect of a brief tailored smoking control intervention delivered during basic military training on tobacco use in a population of military personnel (N = 33,215). Participants were randomized to either a tobacco use intervention (smoking cessation, smokeless tobacco use cessation, or prevention depending on tobacco use history) or a health education control condition. Results indicated that smokers who received intervention were 1.16 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04, 1.30) times (7-day point prevalence) and 1.23 (95% CI = 1.07, 1.41) times (continuous abstinence) more likely to be abstinent than controls from smoking cigarettes at the 1-year follow-up (p p |
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Keywords: | military smoking cessation smoking prevention smokeless tobacco tobacco control program long-term use US military troops basic military training health education |
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