Trends in sexual orientation disparities in cigarette smoking: Intersections between race/ethnicity and sex.

ABSTRACT: Cigarette smoking is disproportionately high among sexual minority populations, but it is unclear whether these disparities exist among race/ethnicity subgroups. This study examined trends in sexual orientation disparities in cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity. Data are from the 2014-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N = 1,194,768). Trend analyses compared cigarette smoking by race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic other) and sexual orientation (straight, lesbian or gay, bisexual, something else/don't know/refused). Multivariable analyses examined associations between sexual orientation and cigarette use for each race/ethnicity, controlling for other sociodemographic characteristics. Between 2014 and 2019, lesbian or gay, and bisexual

SUBMITTER: King JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9008567 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature