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Did you know that LGBT folks smoke much more than the general population? Or that the tobacco industry has targeted marketing practices that call the LGBT community SCUM, yet we continue to buy their products? For more information on this, and for some LGBT Tips for Quitting, explore the following links. TidbitsLGBT Communities smoke at rates that are 35% to almost 200% higher than the general population." -National LGBT Tobacco Control Network [1-3]
*Several factors such as higher levels of social stress, frequent patronage of bars and clubs, higher rates of alcohol and drug use, and direct targeting of LGBT consumers by the tobacco industry may be related to higher prevalence rates of tobacco use among some LGBT people. -National LGBT Tobacco Control Network[1] |