Tobacco-Related Disparities Viewed Through the Lens of Intersectionality.

ABSTRACT: Despite remarkable progress, tobacco control efforts are not equitably distributed, and tobacco-related disparities continue to contribute to significant health disparities. Our premise in this commentary is that Intersectionality can serve as a productive analytical framework for examining tobacco-related disparities across and within multiple marginalized populations. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework for understanding the multiple interlocking societal systems that bestow privilege and oppression and is increasingly being to the study of health inequities. We present a model and describe how tobacco-related disparities can be understood via critical elements of Intersectionality. We conclude that the application of Intersectionality to understanding tobacco-related disparitie

SUBMITTER: Sheffer CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature