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Smoking among troops deployed in combat areas and its association with combat exposure among navy personnel in Sri Lanka

Cumulative exposure to trauma may increase the risk of smoking.
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy
added Jul 13, 2012 05:29
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[Indiana] County VFW announces smoke ban choice ($$)

The Carroll County Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #9383 voted June 12 to allow smoking in the bar area only.
Carroll County (IN) Comet
added Jun 20, 2012 07:32
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[New Jersey, New York] EDITORIAL: Raise NJ's smoking age to 21: Editorial

The “18-to-die-for-your-country” argument is a classic canard. Nearly 90 percent of adult smokers say they started younger than 18. Die-hard smokers cry “freedom” when new restrictions are proposed. But ask the middle-aged smoker who just paid $9 to feed
Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger
added May 18, 2013 11:38
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Smoking-cessation drug linked to violence

Q: My husband's best friend, another soldier, started taking Chantix on Wednesday to quit smoking. Sometime Sunday evening or early Monday morning, he murdered a 17-year-old recruit and shot himself in the head afterward.
Seattle (WA) Times
added Apr 28, 2013 19:06
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[North Carolina] Brevard Army Strong Center to host tobacco cessation course

ASHEVILLE - Rural Health nurses from the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville will teach a Freedom from Tobacco course from 10 a.m. to noon starting April 11 at the Brevard Army Strong Community Center, 152 E. French Broad St., Brevard.
Hendersonville (NC) Times-News
added Apr 10, 2013 16:40
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[Syria] A seven-year-old boy takes up arms against Assad ($$)

Ahmed’s right hand rests casually on the butt of his AK47; in the fingers of his left hand a cigarette smoulders as he stands before a makeshift rebel barricade in one of Syria’s main cities.
Times Of London (uk)
added Mar 29, 2013 14:34
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Image of 7-year-old Syrian rebel with rifle and cigarette stuns us

The portrait captures so much in just one image: the bravado of boyhood, youthful vulnerability and the sadness of wars forcing children to grow up too soon.Â
msnNOW.com
added Mar 29, 2013 14:28
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Singapore Seen - Is this allowed? Guy proudly poses in sailor uniform while smoking

STOMPer Jay came across a facebook photo of this guy proudly posing for a photo in his sailor trainee uniform while smoking, and wonders if such behaviour is allowed.
STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) (sg)
added Jan 3, 2013 04:46
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[Kansas] Secondhand smoke poses health hazard / Do you know what you're breathing?

Fort Leavenworth (KS) Lamp
added Nov 12, 2012 12:42
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the US Navy and Marine Corps Tobacco Policy: an assessment of secondhand smoke exposure in US Navy submariners -- Yarnall et al. -- Tobacco Control

This study provides evidence that non-tobacco using submariners were exposed to SHS. Exposure was seen in all submarine classes and was not limited to personnel working in proximity to the smoking area. The existing policy was inadequate to protect non-sm
Tobacco Control
added Aug 8, 2012 11:58
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