title: Cigar and smokeless tobacco use in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual population.
abstract: Large population-based studies of alternative tobacco use in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population are needed to more fully measure tobacco use outcomes. This descriptive study used standard measures of alternative tobacco use from two separate, statewide household-based studies to compare basic prevalence rates in the LGB population and the general population in California. A total of 1,950 adult lesbians, bisexual women, heterosexual women who have sex with women, gay men, bisexual men, and heterosexual men who have sex with men, all living in California, completed surveys between 2003 and 2004. From a general population-based sample (California Tobacco Survey, 2002), a total of 11,037 adult women and 9,488 men were used as comparisons. The prevalence rates for lifetime and current cigar smoking and smokeless tobacco use were lower for all LGB subpopulations compared with the general population.
authors.affiliation: Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA. lpg@dor.kaiser.org
authors.forename: Elisabeth P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Gruskin
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matevia
authors.forename: Lance M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: Larry L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Bye
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Albright
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless