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Archive: Study Aims at High Military Smoking Rate
The long-standing military tradition of cheap cigarettes in military stores persists because of politics in the U.S. military sales system and tobacco industry pressures, according to a new UCSF study. Researchers Ruth Malone, RN, PhD, and Elizabeth Smith, PhD, say a big part of the problem is the cheap cigarettes made available to our service men and women.
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Study Aims at High Military Smoking Rate
KGO-TV (ABC), February 12, 2007
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UCSF News Release, February 12, 2007