Sexual Orientation, Tobacco Use, and Tobacco Cessation Treatment-Seeking: Results From a National U.S. Survey.

ABSTRACT: Despite higher rates of tobacco use and smoking-related diseases among sexual minorities, tobacco cessation treatment-seeking behaviors (e.g., medication, nicotine replacement products) remain poorly understood across sexual orientation subgroups. This study examines tobacco cessation treatment-seeking behaviors associated with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition tobacco use disorder (TUD) across the three major sexual orientation dimensions (identity, attraction, behavior) in U.S. adults. Prevalence estimates reflect data collected from a 2012-2013 national sample of adults 18 years and older. More than three-fourths of U.S. adults with TUD had never engaged in tobacco cessation treatment-seeking behaviors, regardless of sexual orientation. Despite ha

SUBMITTER: McCabe SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854762 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature