Honor Veterans and Military Service Members by Helping them Quit Smoking
Legacy forum, White House initiative can improve health of military families
Editor
Nov 1, 2011
A great way to mark Veterans' Day is to help a veteran or someone currently serving in the military to quit using tobacco.
The smoking rate among members of the U.S. military — 30.6 percent in 2008 — is far higher than for the adult population as a whole. Despite slow but steady progress in reducing smoking among American adults, the rate of smoking among military personnel has remained unchanged since 1998, when it was 29.9 percent.
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