"They're Going to Die Anyway": Smoking Shelters at Veterans' Facilities
"They're Going to Die Anyway": Smoking Shelters at Veterans' Facilities
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2012.301022
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Malone, Ruth E.
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作者：
Offen, Naphtali;Smith, Elizabeth A.;Malone, Ruth E.
军人和退伍军人因烟草控制政策不足而处于不利地位。我们对退伍军人事务部 (VA) 禁止在退伍军人事务部设施内吸烟和烟草销售的努力进行了案例研究。尽管退伍军人事务部大力支持，烟草业还是创建了一个以公共关系为重点的草根退伍军人反对团体，最终推动美国国会通过一项法律，要求在退伍军人事务部的每个医疗设施中设立吸烟区。行业顾问认为，剥夺退伍军人表面上为之奋斗的“自由”是不爱国的行为，并且禁止吸烟甚至可能损害退伍军人的健康，因此他们利用退伍军人组织来保护烟草业的利润。民间公共卫生倡导者应与退伍军人合作，揭露该行业的操纵行为，重新构建辩论并废除法律。
Military personnel and veterans are disadvantaged by inadequate tobacco control policies. We conducted a case study of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) effort to disallow smoking and tobacco sales in VA facilities.Despite strong VA support, the tobacco industry created a public relations-focused grassroots veterans' opposition group, eventually pushing the US Congress to pass a law requiring smoking areas in every VA health facility. Arguing that it would be unpatriotic to deny veterans this "freedom" they had ostensibly fought for and that banning smoking could even harm veterans' health, industry consultants exploited veterans' organizations to protect tobacco industry profits.Civilian public health advocates should collaborate with veterans to expose the industry's manipulation, reframe the debate, and repeal the law.