RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Does the US Navy attract young women who smoke?
JF Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JO Occup Environ Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 792
OP 794
DO 10.1136/oem.55.11.792
VO 55
IS 11
A1 K B Weaver
A1 S I Woodruff
A1 T L Conway
A1 C C Edwards
A1 S H Zhu
A1 J P Elder
YR 1998
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/55/11/792.abstract
AB 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.