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Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Beckham, JC; Becker, ME; Hamlett-Berry, KW; Drury, PD; Kang, HK; Wiley, MT; Calhoun, PS; Moore, SD; Bright, MA; McFall, ME
Published in: Mil Med
May 2008

Military veterans are at high risk for nicotine dependence. This clinical demonstration project used invitational letters, referral to the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline, and local Veteran Affairs prescriptions for tobacco cessation to evaluate whether this low-cost method would potentially reduce smoking in separated veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Three cohorts (500 each) of recently separated veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq were contacted by survey letters. Interested veterans received follow-up telephone calls using standardized scripts. They were referred to the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline (1-877-44U-QUIT) and offered local Veteran Affairs pharmacologic treatment for smoking cessation. Forty-three percent of respondents who were smokers were interested in the clinical program; of these, 77% participated. At 2 months follow-up, 38% of participants self-reported maintained smoking abstinence. Results suggested that the intervention was feasible and assisted the small number of veterans who participated.

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Mil Med

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ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

173

Issue

5

Start / End Page

448 / 451

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Prospective Studies
  • Program Evaluation
 

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Beckham, J. C., Becker, M. E., Hamlett-Berry, K. W., Drury, P. D., Kang, H. K., Wiley, M. T., … McFall, M. E. (2008). Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. Mil Med, 173(5), 448–451. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed.173.5.448
Beckham, Jean C., Mary E. Becker, Kim W. Hamlett-Berry, Pamela D. Drury, Han K. Kang, Matthew T. Wiley, Patrick S. Calhoun, Scott D. Moore, Mary Anne Bright, and Miles E. McFall. “Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.Mil Med 173, no. 5 (May 2008): 448–51. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed.173.5.448.
Beckham JC, Becker ME, Hamlett-Berry KW, Drury PD, Kang HK, Wiley MT, et al. Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. Mil Med. 2008 May;173(5):448–51.
Beckham, Jean C., et al. “Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.Mil Med, vol. 173, no. 5, May 2008, pp. 448–51. Pubmed, doi:10.7205/milmed.173.5.448.
Beckham JC, Becker ME, Hamlett-Berry KW, Drury PD, Kang HK, Wiley MT, Calhoun PS, Moore SD, Bright MA, McFall ME. Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. Mil Med. 2008 May;173(5):448–451.

Published In

Mil Med

DOI

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

173

Issue

5

Start / End Page

448 / 451

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Prospective Studies
  • Program Evaluation