This is the only study of its kind, containing original data about nicotine use among students at a U.S. military service academy. Improved data collection and sustained use of multiple intervention points could enhance future research and be a model for prevention and cessation of nicotine use during military training anywhere, reversing existing trends in order to improve mission readiness, behavioral/physical/fiscal health, and leadership through ongoing study and program improvement.
Dorfman et al. (Thu,) studied this question.