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Tobacco and Nicotine Use in the United States Army Trainee Soldier’s Environment

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  1. Department of Primary Care, McDonald Army Health Center, 576 Jefferson Avenue, Fort Eustis, VA, 23604, USA

    Adam Edward Lang

  2. Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA

    Adam Edward Lang & Elizabeth Prom-Wormley

  3. Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Aleksandra Yakhkind

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AEL contributed to conceptualization, methodology, investigation, data curation, writing and preparation of original draft, supervision, and project administration. AY contributed to writing, reviewing, and Editing. EPW contributed to writing, reviewing, and editing of the manuscript and formal analysis.

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Lang, A.E., Yakhkind, A. & Prom-Wormley, E. Tobacco and Nicotine Use in the United States Army Trainee Soldier’s Environment. Lung 200, 419–421 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-022-00544-z

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