Take Action


  • Educate people about the harm in taking money from tobacco companies, the ways that big tobacco targets our community, & the high smoking rates.
  • Put on a workshop or chat with people about tobacco targeting using ads that offend our community.
  • Support your local smoke-free bars, clubs, cafés, and events.
  • Advocate for smoke-free LGBT events,such as Pride,or smoke-free areas.
  • Create a policy of not accepting tobacco money at any LGBT organization you are affiliated with.
  • Direct friends that smoke to local and online quitting resources, and offer them support.
  • Write letters to the editor addressing the glamorization of cigarette use in our community, ads in the media for tobacco, or local smoking bans or urge them to write an article about tobacco use in the LGBT community.

 

 

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