Tobacco Product Use Among Military Veterans — United States, 2010—2015.

Satomi Odani, Israel T. Agaku, Corinne M. Graffunder, Michael A. Tynan, Brian S. Armour.
Tobacco Product Use Among Military Veterans — United States, 2010—2015.
MMWR/January 12, 2018/Vol. 67/No. 1

To monitor tobacco product use among U.S. military veterans, CDC analyzed current (past 30-day) use of five tobacco product types (cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos/little cigars, roll-your-own tobacco, pipes, and smokeless tobacco). Veterans had higher prevalence of any tobacco product use than non-veterans within all subgroups of age and sex, except males aged ≥50 years. Overall, 29.2% of veterans reported current use of any of the assessed tobacco products. Current use among veterans was highest for cigarettes (21.6 percent), followed by cigars (6.2 percent), smokeless tobacco (5.2 percent), roll-your-own tobacco (3.0 percent), and pipes (1.5 percent). Among veterans, current use of any of the assessed tobacco products was higher among persons with no health insurance, those living in poverty, persons aged 18–25 years, those reporting serious psychological distress, those with annual family income <$20,000, and persons with less than a high school diploma.