Multiple and frequent tobacco product use by sexual minority youth in the United States: Results from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Understanding tobacco product use among sexual minority youth is important due to the exposure to nicotine and toxicants, which worsens tobacco-related health disparities. We used recent US national data to characterize tobacco product use by sexual identity.

Methods

Data were drawn from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), a nationally representative survey of US middle and high school students (N = 20,503). Sexual identity categories included "heterosexual", "gay/lesbian", "bisexual/pansexual/queer", "asexual", "questioning", "I do not know what this question means", "something else", and "decline to answer." Outcomes were past-30-day (1) multiple tobacco product use (number of products) and (2) frequent tobacco product use (≥20 days). Weighted P

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020873 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature