Deployment-related Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Pulmonary Function Among U.S. Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The effects of smoking on lung function among post-9/11 Veterans deployed to environments with high levels of ambient particulate matter are incompletely understood.

Materials and methods

We analyzed interim data (04/2018-03/2020) from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Cooperative Studies Program #595, "Service and Health Among Deployed Veterans". Veterans with ≥1 land-based deployments enrolled at 1 of 6 regional Veterans Affairs sites completed questionnaires and spirometry. Multivariable linear regression models assessed associations between cigarette smoking (cumulative, deployment-related and non-deployment-related) with pulmonary function.

Results

Among 1,836 participants (mean age 40.7 ± 9.6, 88.6% male), 44.8% (n = 822) were ever-smokers (mean age 39.5 ± 

SUBMITTER: Maccarone JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12429311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature