Smoking Behaviours Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth? Findings from 15 Years of Provincially Representative Data

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• Personal Author:
  Beaulieu-Prévost D ; Fish JN ; Gahagan J ; Porta CM ; Russell ST ; Watson RJ
• Description:
  Introduction and Aims: Sexual identity disparities in smoking behaviours are well established; however, there is limited research on whether these disparities have diminished as the social and political landscape has changed for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Thus, we examined changes in prevalence and sexual identity disparities in three smoking behaviours among Canadian adolescents from 1998 to 2013. Design and Methods: Data are from the provincially representative British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey (N = 99 373). Using sex-stratified, age-adjusted logistic regression models, we estimated: (i) trends in lifetime cigarette use, early onset, and past 30-day use for heterosexual and three subgroups of sexual minority (i.e. mostly heterosexual, bisexual and gay/lesbian) youth; (ii) sexual identity disparities in these cigarette-related behaviours within each survey year (1998, 2003, 2008, 2013); and (iii) whether the size of the disparity has changed from 1998 to 2013. Results: Smoking has declined for all youth from 1998 to 2013, although less consistently for sexual minority youth. Within-year disparity estimates indicated elevated prevalence of cigarette use for sexual minority compared to heterosexual youth, particularly among females. Trends in sexual identity and smoking behaviours indicated that the degree of differences between heterosexual and sexual minority youth have remained stable or, in some cases, widened. Heterosexual and sexual minority youth differences widened for early onset among sexual minority boys and lifetime and past 30-day use for sexual minority girls. Discussion and Conclusions: Efforts to prevent smoking behaviours among youth should continue. Tailored preventive strategies for sexual minority youth might help address existing disparities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Age Factors Behavior Healthcare Disparities Minority Health Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Age Factors Author Keywords: LGB Gender Factors Health Disparities Minority Health Sexual Minority Smoking Smoking Behaviours Teenagers Tobacco Tobacco Use

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• ISSN:
  0959-5236
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Maryland ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  101-110
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064151
• Citation:
  Drug Alcohol Rev 2019 Jan; 38(1):101-110
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Jessica Fish, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 1142 Valley Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA
• Email:
  jnfish@umd.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Drug and Alcohol Review
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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