The association of military discharge variables with smoking status among homeless Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is a dearth of research examining the health correlates of tobacco use within the homeless population, particularly with respect to homeless Veterans. An aim of the present study was to compare homeless Veteran and homeless non-Veteran smokers across a series of socio-demographic and health variables, and to determine whether any of these variables were independently associated with Veteran status. A subsequent aim was to compare the socio-demographic and health profiles of Veteran smokers and Veteran nonsmokers, and to determine whether any of these variables were independently associated with current smoking.

Methods

Data were obtained from the 2009 Homelessness in Minnesota survey conducted by the Wilder Research Foundation. The final sample included 4750

SUBMITTER: Hammett P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4679596 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature