Prevalence and Characteristics of Tobacco/Nicotine Use Among Recent Graduates—United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 2022-2025

This is the only study of its kind, containing original data about nicotine use among students at a U.S. military service academy. Improved data collection and sustained use of multiple intervention points could enhance future research and be a model for prevention and cessation of nicotine use during military training anywhere, reversing existing trends in order to improve mission readiness, behavioral/physical/fiscal health, and leadership through ongoing study and program improvement.