Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan

Military veterans are at high risk for nicotine dependence. This clinical demonstration project used invitational letters, referral to the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline, and local Veteran Affairs prescriptions for tobacco cessation to evaluate whether this low-cost method would p...

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Published in:Military medicine 2008-05, Vol.173 (5), p.448-451
Main Authors: Beckham, Jean C, Becker, Mary E, Hamlett-Berry, Kim W, Drury, Pamela D, Kang, Han K, Wiley, Matthew T, Calhoun, Patrick S, Moore, Scott D, Bright, Mary Anne, McFall, Miles E
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Adult
Afghanistan
Female
Health Surveys
Hotlines
Humans
Iraq
Male
Military Medicine
Military Personnel
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Nicotine
Program Evaluation
Prospective Studies
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Prevention
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
United States - epidemiology
Veterans
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description Military veterans are at high risk for nicotine dependence. This clinical demonstration project used invitational letters, referral to the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline, and local Veteran Affairs prescriptions for tobacco cessation to evaluate whether this low-cost method would potentially reduce smoking in separated veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Three cohorts (500 each) of recently separated veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq were contacted by survey letters. Interested veterans received follow-up telephone calls using standardized scripts. They were referred to the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline (1-877-44U-QUIT) and offered local Veteran Affairs pharmacologic treatment for smoking cessation. Forty-three percent of respondents who were smokers were interested in the clinical program; of these, 77% participated. At 2 months follow-up, 38% of participants self-reported maintained smoking abstinence. Results suggested that the intervention was feasible and assisted the small number of veterans who participated.
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Iraq
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Nicotine
Program Evaluation
Prospective Studies
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Time Factors
United States - epidemiology
Veterans
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