title: Cigarette smoking among gay and bisexual men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study measured the prevalence of cigarette smoking among gay men and identified associations with smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Household-based (n = 696) and bar-based (n = 1897) sampling procedures yielded 2593 gay male participants from Portland, Ore, and Tucson, Ariz, in the spring of 1992.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-eight percent of the combined sample reported current smoking, a rate far above prevalence estimates for men in Arizona (z = 14.11, P < .001) or Oregon (z = 24.24, P < .001). Significant associations with smoking included heavy drinking, frequent gay bar attendance, greater AIDS-related losses, HIV seropositivity, lower health rating than members of same age cohort, lower educational attainment, and lower income.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rates of cigarette smoking are very high among gay men. Tobacco prevention and cessation campaigns should be designed to reach the gay male community.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco 94105, USA. rstall@psg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Stall
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acree
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D009922:Oregon / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*