This APHC webpage offers a number of links to resources to assist Soldiers, Civilians and Family members reach the goal of tobacco-free living, defined in DoDI 1010.10 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention as adopting a lifestyle that avoids using all tobacco product types and living free from second-hand smoke exposure. YouCanQuit2
There is practically no public awareness of the health risks of second-hand smoke
However, approximately 30.8 million adults currently smoke, and smokers comprise a significant proportion of surgical patients
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We used the Stata command paramed to estimate the natural direct effect, capturing the effect of smoking independent of birthweight, and the natural indirect effect, representing the portion mediated through birthweight
(5) Free radicals also interact with nucleic acids, causing mutations and damaging both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA