Weight gain as a barrier to smoking cessation among military personnel
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthCenter for Integrated Primary Care
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2001-11-01Keywords
Alternative and Complementary MedicineBehavioral Medicine
Health Psychology
Integrative Medicine
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatry and Psychology
Public Health Education and Promotion
Substance Abuse and Addiction
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PURPOSE: To assess the relationships between active-duty military status, military weight standards, concern about weight gain, and anticipated relapse after smoking cessation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Hospital-based tobacco cessation program. SUBJECTS: Two hundred fifty-two enrollees, of 253 eligible, to a tobacco cessation program in 1999 (135 men, 117 women; 43% on active duty in the military). MEASURES: Independent variables included gender, body mass index (weight/height2), and military status. Dependent variables included about weight gain with smoking cessation and anticipated relapse. RESULTS: In multivariate regression analyses that controlled for gender and body mass index, active-duty military status was associated with an elevated level of concern about weight gain (1.9-point increase on a 10-point scale; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0- to 2.8-point increase), as well as higher anticipated relapse (odds ratio [OR] = 3.6; 95% CI, 1.3 to 9.8). Among subjects who were close to or over the U.S. Air Force maximum allowable weight for height, the analogous OR for active-duty military status was 6.9 (p = .02). CONCLUSIONS: Occupational weight standards or expectations may pose additional barriers for individuals contemplating or attempting smoking cessation, as they do among active-duty military personnel. These barriers are likely to hinder efforts to decrease smoking prevalence in certain groups.Source
Am J Health Promot. 2001 Nov-Dec;16(2):79-84. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-16.2.79. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.4278/0890-1171-16.2.79Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26846PubMed ID
11727592Notes
At the time of publication, Christine Runyan (C. R. Russ) was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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