. "3 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TOBACCO USE." Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
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Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations
in the desert, when we were there, too, and there’s nothing to do over there, and we figure you know you’re going to die from smoking but we might die from being hit by a rocket” (Haddock, 2008). See Table 3-3 for specific numbers regarding stress and smoking.
TABLE 3-3 Stress and Mental-Health Indicators by Smoking Statusa
Problem/Level
NeverSmoked
FormerSmokers
Current butNot HeavySmokers
CurrentHeavySmokers
Stress at work, past 12 months
A lot
15.4 (0.6)
17.6 (1.1)
23.4 (1.2)
29.8 (1.5)
Some/A little
59.4 (1.0)
62.1 (1.4)
55.2 (1.7)
53.4 (1.7)
None at all
25.3 (1.0)
20.3 (1.3)
21.4 (1.2)
16.8 (1.0)
Stress in family, past 12 months
A lot
26.9 (1.0)
31.4 (1.6)
38.3 (1.3)
51.0 (2.2)
Some/A little
58.0 (1.0)
57.9 (1.6)
51.6 (1.0)
40.7 (2.1)
None at all
15.1 (1.1)
10.7 (0.9)
10.1 (0.8)
8.4 (0.9)
Days in past month limited usual activities due to poor mental health
