Fact
In the past, A major tobacco company saw the military as an attractive marketing opportunity because of its young adult servicemen that they describe as “classic downscale smoker,” “less educated,” “part of the wrong crowd,” “in trouble with authorities,” and having “limited job prospects.”
Source 1:
Military YAS Initiative, RJR, 1989
https://www.industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/tobacco/docs/#id=qybw0087