TY - JOUR T1 - Does the US Navy attract young women who smoke? JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 792 LP - 794 DO - 10.1136/oem.55.11.792 VL - 55 IS - 11 AU - K B Weaver AU - S I Woodruff AU - T L Conway AU - C C Edwards AU - S H Zhu AU - J P Elder Y1 - 1998/11/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/55/11/792.abstract N2 - OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the United States Navy is disproportionately attracting and recruiting female smokers from the civilian sector. METHODS: Standardised comparisons of cigarette use among Navy women recruits and civilian women were conducted with data from a 1996-97 Department of Defense study and the 1994 National Health Interview Survey. RESULTS: Young Navy women recruits (18-22 years) had significantly higher rates of current and heavy smoking than their civilian counterparts after adjusting for differences in sociodemographic characteristics. Smoking rates among older recruits and civilian women (23-30 years) were not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS: It seems that the Navy attracts young civilian women who already smoke, many of whom smoke heavily. ER -