title: Smoking and intention to quit among a large sample of black sexual and gender minorities.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to more completely quantify smoking and intention to quit from a sample of sexual and gender minority (SGM) Black individuals (N = 639) through analysis of data collected at Pride festivals and online. Frequencies described demographic characteristics; chi-square analyses were used to compare tobacco-related variables. Black SGM smokers were more likely to be trying to quit smoking than White SGM smokers. However, Black SGM individuals were less likely than White SGM individuals to become former smokers. The results of this study indicate that smoking behaviors may be heavily influenced by race after accounting for SGM status.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Family & Community Medicine , University of Missouri , Columbia , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Jenna N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Everett
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McElroy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D019529:Sexuality; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: African American; LGBT; black; cessation; sexual minority; smoking