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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
.
http://nmtupac.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Health-Inequities-by-Sexual-Orientation-among-New-Mexican-Adults-2011-2014_062317.pdf
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
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