Veterans Urged To Quit Smoking
[ Posted in: Quit Smoking, Cigarette Smoking, Smoking Cessation on January 14th, 2009 ]
Military photos of World War II or the Viet Nam era often show soldiers smoking cigarettes and generals smoking cigars, but it is an image the Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee is trying to change.
The committee is urging veterans to participate in a smoking cessation program and encourages veterans to quit smoking.
Not only were pictures of cigarette smoking plentiful during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, but it was also standard practice for soldiers to receive cigarettes in their rations. As a result of this and other factors that elevate addiction risks, the Department of Veterans Affairs believes, “veterans are disproportionately affected by smoking-related illnesses.”
Approximately 24 percent of veterans smoke.
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