Sexual mory young adults reprent a high-risk populatn for tobac e. This study examed cigarette and alternative tobac product (ATP) e prevalence across sexual orientatn (heterosexual, gay/lbian, and bisexual) among llege-attendg young adult men and women, rpectively. Basele data om a two-year longudal study of 3386 young adult llege stunts aged 18–25 Geia were analyzed. Correlat examed clud socmographics (age, sex, sexual orientatn, race/ethnicy, llege type, and parental tn). Out clud past 30-day e of tobac (cigarette, ltle cigars/cigarillos [LCCs], e-cigarett, hookah, any tobac product ed, and number of tobac products ed, rpectively). Two-group, multivariate multiple regrsn mols were ed to exame predictors of tobac e among men and women, rpectively. Among men (N = 1207), 34.7% ed any tobac product; 18.6% cigarett; 12.3% LCCs; 16.8% e-cigarett; and 14.7% hookah. Controllg for socmographics, gay sexual orientatn (OR = 1.62, p = 0.012) was associated wh higher odds of cigarette e; no other signifint associatns were found between sexual orientatn and tobac e. Among women (N = 2179), 25.3% ed any tobac product; 10.4% cigarett; 10.6% LCCs; 7.6% e-cigarett; and 10.8% hookah. Beg bisexual was associated wh cigarette (p < 0.001), LCC (p < 0.001), and e-cigarette e (p = 0.006). Lbian sexual orientatn was associated wh cigarette (p = 0.032) and LCC e (p < 0.001). Beg bisexual predicted any tobac product ed (p = 0.002), as well as number of tobac products ed (p = 0.004). Group parisons showed that the effect of sexual mory stat on LCC e was signifintly different for men vers women. Sexual mory women, pecially bisexual women, are at higher risk for g specific tobac products pared to heterosexual women; homosexual men are at creased risk of cigarette e pared to heterosexual men. The nuanc tobac e should rm terventns targetg sexual mori.
Contents:
- THE SPECIAL, TOXIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAYS AND SMOKG
- TORTURED WH CIGARETT, BLAS FOR BEG GAY
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- E-CIGARETTE USE AND RISK BEHAVRS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR ADULTS: THE BEHAVRAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (BRFSS) SURVEY
- SMOKG CHARACTERISTICS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS☆
THE SPECIAL, TOXIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAYS AND SMOKG
Learn more about the harmful effects of smokg, smokels tobac, and sendhand smoke as they relate to gay and bisexual men. * gay with cigarette *
When we drove to the gay clubs of New York, my cigarett were fiery armor agast some of the strange, uniendly fac that populated those dark to Los Angel the early 2000s meant a huge change: I uldn't smoke si! I still smoked, though, pecially when I drank, and fely when I went dancg Wt Hollywood or Silver only did drkg and smokg go together well -- my md -- was a munal experience at the gay bars.
I don't judge anyone who still smok, but I scerely hope all puffers -- pecially gay on like me who often pick up the hab to f or fd a ctch -- disver a way to qu. The Natnal Adult Tobac Survey recently unvered that tobac prevalence among LGBT people is 50 percent higher than any other many gay people like myself, cigarett nstute one of the most endurg relatnships our liv and, as Stockholm Syndrome, we've nvced ourselv we need this abive partner. Ltle is known about cigarette brand preference (which enurag staed smokg behavr) among lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) smokers, who have higher cigarette smokg rat than heterosexual populatns.
TORTURED WH CIGARETT, BLAS FOR BEG GAY
A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * gay with cigarette *
Cigarette smokg is the leadg preventable e of ath the US, and studi show that lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populatns have higher cigarette smokg rat than the general populatn (20%–27% vs 14%) (1, 2). First, we examed relatnships between sexual orientatn (heterosexual, gay, lbian, and bisexual) and cigarette brand preference a US-based, natnally reprentative sample. Bee rponse optns clud more than 50 brands, we foced our analysis on participants who smoked the cigarette brands ed most monly across the 3 sexual orientatn groups our sample (heterosexual, lbian/gay, bisexual).
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
In our analysis, we refer to mal who intified as nonheterosexual as gay or bisexual and femal who intified as nonheterosexual as lbian/gay or bisexual, bee, although “lbian” is one preferred inty termology among LGB women, LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, + [other sexual and genr mory inti]) advocy groups have signated “gay” as referrg to anyone of any genr who is sexually or romantilly attracted to people of the same genr (17).
E-CIGARETTE USE AND RISK BEHAVRS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR ADULTS: THE BEHAVRAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (BRFSS) SURVEY
We found a signifint posive associatn between smokers intifyg as lbian/gay Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanr (vs lbian/gay Whe smokers) for both Marlboro and Newport e (Marlboro, OR = 7. US adult smokers who intified as lbian/gay or bisexual were more likely to smoke certa monly ed cigarette brands than heterosexuals (Camel, Marlboro, Newport, and Amerin Spir).
SMOKG CHARACTERISTICS AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL ADULTS☆
Gay/lbian smokers had slightly higher odds of Marlboro e than heterosexual smokers, and we found a signifint teractn between bisexual inty and genr for Marlboro e, where bisexual female smokers were more likely to e Marlboro cigarett than bisexual male smokers. A history of overt targeted marketg of Marlboro cigarett to gay men (19) and implic targeted marketg to LGB women (20) suggts a need for further studi of genr-targeted Marlboro advertisements and other ntributors to Marlboro e among LGB smokers.
We also found associatns between the teractn of both lbian/gay and bisexual Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanr inty and Marlboro e, but the CIs of both fdgs were wi (possibly bee of small cell siz) and should be terpreted wh utn. Genr also played a part Newport e by sexual orientatn, and female lbian/gay and female bisexual smokers were more likely to e Newport than male gay or bisexual smokers. Fally, we found a signifint posive associatn between lbian/gay inty and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanr race or ethnicy and Newport e, which may be related to the aforementned targeted marketg efforts.
Furthermore, our study monstrat the importance of studyg LGB populatn subgroups, bee we found differenc not only brand e between LGB and heterosexual smokers, but also between lbian/gay and bisexual smokers. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) view differently than non-LGBT: exposure to tobac-related upong, e-cigarette advertisements, and anti-tobac msag on social and tradnal media. After he had been punched, kicked and stripped of his cloth and jewelry, the 17-year-old man was given a choice: the bat or the attackers, part of a gang of ne young men, were the midst of a night of savage asslts agast three men they spected of beg gay, acrdg to a crimal plat released on the night was out, the victims would be tortured wh burng cigarett, box cutter blas, plunger handl and more, prosecutors charged.