This study of women sailors examined whether tobacco use prior to entering the Navy predicted subsequent career outcomes related to length of service, early attrition, misconduct, and hospitalizations over a possible 7-8 year follow-up. For almost 5,500 women entering the U.S. Navy between March 1996 - March 1997, who participated in Operation Stay Quit (OSQ) (USAMRMC Grant #DAMD17-95-1-5075), smoking history data were merged with personnel and medical data from the ...
This is a study of women sailors and whether their tobacco use prior to entering the Navy is predictive of subsequent job performance, including attrition prior to completing the first term of enlistment, performance evaluation and career advancement, disciplinary problems, reenlistment, and hospitalizations of various types. The sample includes over 5,500 women entering the US Navy between March 1996 and March 1997. These women were participants in "Operation Stay Quit" ...
This study provides information regarding the implementation of Navy tobacco use policy and to document the extent to which tobacco use programs and activities are being conducted at commands throughout the Navy. Such information should help Navy health promotion policy makers develop more standardized and effective tobacco use prevention and cessation programs for Navy-wide dissemination. Commands were surveyed regarding tobacco use programs and activities they had conducted during the preceding ...
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