Fact
The DoD spends more than $1.6 billion each year on tobacco-related medical care, increased hospitalization, and lost days of work.
Source 1:
Pentagon aims to curb tobacco use by military: memo; Reuters; April 26, 2016.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-tobacco-idUSKCN0XN2VP
Source 2:
Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations; Editors: Stuart Bondurant and Roberta Wedge; Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2009