Florida jury awards gay man $157 ln om tobac pani ath of spoe

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• FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 LN OM TOBAC PANI ATH OF SPOE
• FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 MILLN FROM TOBAC COMPANI HBAND’S DEATH

FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 LN OM TOBAC PANI ATH OF SPOE

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In 2022, lbian, gay, or bisexual high school stunts ed tobac products at nearly one and a half tim the rate of straight stunts, 21.5% and 14.1% rpectively.[iii] Further, 2022, 20.5% of transgenr high school stunts ed tobac products, pared to 14.8% of their cisgenr peers.[iv] In 2020 smokg rat among gay, lbian, and bisexual adults the US were signifintly higher than rat for straight adults, 16.1% and 12.3% rpectively.[v] Over half (54.5%) of lbian or gay adults who smoke e menthol cigarett, a higher rate than straight adults who smoke.[vi] There is limed data available on smokg rat among transgenr adults; however, one study found higher smokg rat among transgenr adults than cisgenr adults.[vii].

FLORIDA JURY AWARDS GAY MAN $157 MILLN FROM TOBAC COMPANI HBAND’S DEATH

In 1995, one tobac pany created a marketg strategy known as “Project SCUM” or subculture urban marketg targeted at gay men and dividuals experiencg homelsns San Francis.[xi]. A Florida jury has award a gay man more than $157 ln a wrongful ath lawsu after his hband died om lung ncer ed by smokg cigarett, what an attorney said is the first such se volvg a same-sex married Capr was diagnosed 1996 wh chronic obstctive pulmonary disease.

"By posng themselv as alli to the gay rights movement, the rporatns have worked relentlsly to make smokg an accepted part of queer culture. Past ads have tied pro-gay rights msag to cigarett wh phras like "take pri your flavor.