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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 26 Tobacco and the military |
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| | Tobacco and the military: General |
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| | At a 1991 Blue Angels show at Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, a popular |
| | attraction was a 15-foot high inflatable pack of Camels and its "spokesman," a giant |
| | cartoon Joe Camel with a three foot long cigarette. Free cigarette lighters, hats, and |
| | tote bags bearing the Camel logo were handed out. |
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| | In 1988, Philip Morris published for a time a monthly newsletter called "The Military |
| | Smoker." It featured articles opposing restrictions on smoking and on cigarette sales |
| | in military facilities; readers were urged to call a toll-free "Military Smoker" hot line |
| | telephone number. |
| | Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking, p. 278 |
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| | The tobacco industry attempts to link patriotism, toughness, and military service with |
| | smoking. But the "macho" image of the hard charging cigarette-smoking military man |
| | or woman is slowly changing to a hard charging, physically fit, non-smoking image. |
| | Navy Times editorial, 1991 |
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| | Philip Morris is testing a new cigarette brand called Player's Navy Cut, featuring a |
| | stalwart sailor wearing a cap labeled "Hero." |
| | New York Times, April 10, 1996, p. D6 |
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| | The Defense Department estimates that its 448,000 smokers (32 percent of the 1.4 |
| | million active duty force) incur about $530 million a year extra in health expenses and |
| | $345 million in expenses for lost productivity attributable to smoking. |
| | New York Times, October 25, 1996 |
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