Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Adults Have Twice The Level Of Smoking

[SandraJane]

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Adults Have Twice The Level Of Smoking And Half The Level Of Plans To Quit


Article Date: 10 Feb 2012

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=241360

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Coloradans who smoke are not thinking about quitting or getting ready to quit, and a quarter are uncomfortable approaching their doctors for help, report University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers in a recent article published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

These and other findings from the study may help identify new approaches to encourage GLBT smokers to quit.

"Among most smoking populations, we almost always find 20 percent getting ready to quit and another 40 percent are thinking about quitting," says Arnold Levinson, PhD, MJ, investigator at the CU Cancer Center and the paper's senior author. "But the rates from our study were half of what we expected."

[Jamie D]

That is unfortunate.  Smoking-related diseases are among the most deadly, and yet, the easiest to prevent - by not starting in the first place.