- Tobacco companies target LGBTQ+ populations¹
- Homophobia and discrimination create minority stress in LGBTQ+ people²
- Stress, trauma, and isolation contribute to higher tobacco use³
- LGBTQ+ people smoke at nearly twice the rate of heterosexual people⁴
- Higher tobacco use leads to higher health burden on LGBTQ+ people⁵
- LGBTQ+ people are resilent. Fierce Pride works to improve LGBTQ+ health by supporting community connectedness and reducing oppression.⁶
Citations:
¹ Washington, Harriet. Burning Love: Big Tobacco takes Aim at LGBT Youth. Love https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222279/
² Kelleher, Cathy. Minority stress and health: implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09515070903334995
³ Center for Disease Control. Burden of Tobacco Use. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/resources/data/cigarette-smoking-in-united-states.html
⁴ State of New Mexico Department of Health. Health Inequities by Sexual Orientation in NM. https://www.nmhealth.org/data/view/behavior/2242/
⁵ Center for Disease Control. Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htm
⁶ Fierce Pride, New Mexico’s LGBTQ+ health advocacy organization. www.fiercepride.org
