Offen, Naphtali; Smith, Elizabeth A.; Malone, Ruth - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2007
Smoking prevalence in the LGBT community exceeds that in nearly all other demographic groups. In 2001, we undertook a … becoming visible and more acceptable, and did not consider tobacco a "gay issue". The queer press normalized smoking. Images of … glamorized smoking, and many articles having nothing to do with smoking were illustrated with tobacco use images. Very few LGBT …