University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) assistant professors Melissa Little, PhD, and Wayne Talcott, PhD, have received a grant totaling $418,000 to study tobacco use by military recruits. 

Little is an in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine. Talcott is a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine.

Previous studies have shown that 27.1 percent of members of the United States Air Force reported tobacco use prior to enlistment. Products used included cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, hookah and e-cigarettes.