Gays and lesbians more likely to smoke (by quite a bit), study shows
Posted on July 26, 2009
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mong homosexuals: 37% of women smoke; 33% of men smoke.
Among heterosexuals: 18% of women smoke; 24% of men smoke
These figures come from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Published in the August issue of Tobacco Control, they’re based on a review of 42 studies about tobacco use among sexual minorities. (The heterosexual numbers are from the National Health Interview Survey.)
It’s not that the finding that gays and lesbians are more likely to smoke is new. According to the summary of an earlier report from the CDC, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2001:
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