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2 May 2013
Video: Anti-gay group: Homosexuality is ‘three times more dangerous’ than smoking 31 A new video by US anti-gay Christian organisation Faith 2 Action, claims that homosexuality is "more dangerous" than smoking, and attempts to parody a pro-LGBT children's book, by suggesting that accepting same-sex parents is the same as encouraging children to smoke.
28 March 2013
Study: HIV remains biggest health concern for American gay and bisexual men 3 A study published in the US has shown HIV is the biggest health concern for gay and bisexual men.
13 March 2013
UK: LGBT community urged to give up cigarettes as part of No Smoking Day 13 With figures showing LGBT people are more likely to smoke compared to heterosexuals, LGBT smokers are being encouraged to quit as part of No Smoking Day.
3 January 2013
Study: Increased HIV life expectancy linked to reduction in smoking 7 Much of the increased mortality seen in patients with HIV in the past decade – outside of antiviral drugs – can be attributed to a reduction in smoking, according to a study in Denmark.
10 September 2012
Australia: Archbishop backs anti-gay ‘smoking’ comments of Christian leader 61 The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen is supporting comments made by the head of the Australian Christian Jim Wallace, who last week suggested that a gay “lifestyle” is more hazardous to health than smoking.
6 September 2012
Australian PM cancels speech over Christian gay ‘smoking’ row 23 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pulled out from attending a Christian lobby conference after its head suggested smoking was healthier than an LGBT lifestyle.
5 September 2012
Australian Christian lobbyist: Gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry because they are more likely to smoke 62 The head of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) appears to have come up with a whole new reason for why Australia should be against equal marriage.
14 March 2012
Gays urged to ditch the cigarettes on No Smoking Day 18 Gay smokers have been urged to give up on the British Heart Foundation's 29th annual No Smoking Day.
9 May 2011
Study finds gay men are more likely to have had cancer 84 A large US study has suggested that gay men are more likely to have had cancer than straight men.

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