Tobacco Industry Influence on the U.S. Military

描述（由申请人提供）：美国军队中的烟草使用降低了部队的健康和准备，并增加了成本。尽管过去几十年来军事人员的吸烟率有所下降，但仍然高得令人难以接受。在美国，烟草每年造成40多万人死亡，吸烟已被证明是几种癌症和其他疾病的原因。烟草业对军队的兴趣可以追溯到第一次世界大战，当时战争部向士兵分发香烟，并持续到今天，尽管军队公共卫生努力减少烟草使用。新兵通常很年轻，而且是第一次离家，他们是烟草业的一个重要市场。针对军队的烟草促销、军事小卖部的烟草降价以及烟草业在军队内部拖延或阻挠有效烟草控制政策的努力，都有助于服务人员开始使用烟草和维持生计。还有证据表明，烟草业利用其军事关系在世界各地推广烟草使用。了解和抵制烟草业的影响对于减少军事人员的烟草使用至关重要。这个项目将讨论烟草业对美国的影响。S.军事：1）检索和分析烟草业内部文件，以描述烟草业与四个现役军种有关的活动（陆军、海军、海军陆战队、空军）; 2）通过对政策的内容分析和与政策领导人的访谈，审查国防部（DoD）和各军种当前的烟草政策和做法; 3）在军队内部开展一系列烟草控制政策制定和实施的案例研究。根据目标1 -3的结果，我们将制定和传播烟草控制政策和举措的建议，以解决目前军事烟草控制政策中的差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Tobacco use in the U.S. military diminishes troop health and readiness, and increases costs. Although smoking among military personnel has decreased in the past few decades, it still remains unacceptably high. In the U.S., tobacco accounts for more than 400,000 deaths each year, and smoking is a proven cause of several types of cancers and other diseases. The tobacco industry's interest in the armed forces dates to World War I, when cigarettes were distributed to soldiers by the War Department, and continues to the present day, despite military public health efforts to reduce tobacco use. Military recruits, often young and away from home for the first time, represent an important market for the tobacco industry. Military-specific tobacco promotion, reduced prices for tobacco at military commissaries, and tobacco industry efforts to delay or thwart effective tobacco control policies within the military contribute to tobacco use initiation and sustenance among service personnel. There is also evidence that the industry has utilized its military connections to further the use of tobacco around the world. Understanding and countering tobacco industry influence is essential for reducing tobacco use among military personnel. This project will address the tobacco industry's influence on the U. S. military by: 1) Retrieving and analyzing internal tobacco industry documents in order to describe the tobacco industry's activities pertaining to the four active branches of the military (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force); 2) Examining current tobacco policies and practices in the Department of Defense (DoD) and service branches through a content analysis of policies and interviews with policy leaders; and 3) Developing a set of case studies of tobacco control policy development and implementation within the military. Drawing on the results of Aims #1-3, we will develop and disseminate recommendations for tobacco control policies and initiatives, which address gaps in current military tobacco control policies.