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February 23, 2012 U.S. troops sent to Iraq or Afghanistan are more likely to start a smokeless tobacco habit than their comrades who stay home—especially if they see combat, according to a study published in the journal Addiction. It is not clear why some troops take up smokeless tobacco after deployment, but researchers suspect that stress is involved. The risk was higher in troops who were exposed to combat or who were deployed multiple times. Troops with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also had an increased risk. According to the authors, those different levels of deployment can be seen as stand-ins for different levels of stress. Past studies have found that while tobacco use in the military is declining, it’s still higher when compared to the U.S. public as a whole. In 2005, almost 15 percent of military personnel said they’d used smokeless tobacco in the past year—versus just three percent of Americans overall.
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