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SUBMITTER: Hicks TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675462 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hicks Terrell A TA Thompson Alexandra C AC Wilson Sarah M SM Travis Emili A EA Beckham Jean C JC Calhoun Patrick S PS
Military behavioral health 20181229 1
The present study describes the knowledge about smoking and nicotine among a sample of current Iraq-/Afghanistan-era veterans who smoke (<i>N</i> = 117). A majority of participants had knowledge regarding general risks of smoking and benefits of nicotine replacement therapy. However, many participants underestimated their personal cardiovascular and cancer risk as a smoker. Many participants also inaccurately believed that nicotine causes cancer and that nicotine medications work by making one p ...[more]