ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2005
What makes an ad a cigarette ad? Commercial tobacco imagery in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual press.
Article in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Promotion of tobacco use cessation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: a systematic review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
- A systematic review of the aetiology of tobacco disparities for sexual minorities.Tobacco control · 2013Pooled it
- Minoritized Sexual Identity and Perceived Effectiveness of Instagram Public Health Messaging about E-cigarettes.Journal of health communication · 2022Trial
- Responses to e-cigarette health messages among young adult sexual minoritized women and nonbinary people assigned female at birth: Assessing the influence of message theme and format.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- Children and youth perceive smoking messages in an unbranded advertisement from a NIKE marketing campaign: a cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2011Trial
- A Scoping Review of Theory-Based Tobacco Control Efforts for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
- Cannabis Use Differences Among Sexual Minority Versus Heterosexual Females and Males in Oklahoma: The Roles of Mental Health, Cannabis Perceptions, and Cannabis Marketing Exposure.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Tobacco use by sexual and gender minorities: findings from a Brazilian national survey.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Nicotine/tobacco use disparities among transgender and gender diverse adults: Findings from wave 4 PATH data.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Tobacco Control as an LGBTQ+ Issue: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Recommendations from LGBTQ+ Community Leaders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Are national antitobacco campaigns reaching high-risk adolescents? A cross-sectional analysis from PATH Wave 2.Health education research · 2020Article
- Tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young adults varies by sexual and gender identity.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) View it Differently Than Non-LGBT: Exposure to Tobacco-related Couponing, E-cigarette Advertisements, and Anti-tobacco Messages on Social and Traditional Media.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- Pro-tobacco marketing and anti-tobacco campaigns aimed at vulnerable populations: A review of the literature.Tobacco induced diseases · 2019Review
- LGBT Identity and Its Influence on Perceived Effectiveness of Advertisements from a LGBT Tobacco Public Education Campaign.Journal of health communication · 2019Article
- The Association of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Facets With Smoking Dependence Motives.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
- Waterpipe tobacco smoking among sexual minorities in the United States: Evidence from the National Adult Tobacco Survey (2012-2014).Addictive behaviors · 2017Article
- Comparing perceived effectiveness of FDA-proposed cigarette packaging graphic health warnings between sexual and gender minorities and heterosexual adults.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2017Article
- Health Inequities among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in North Carolina, 2011-2014.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- A National Study of Social Media, Television, Radio, and Internet Usage of Adults by Sexual Orientation and Smoking Status: Implications for Campaign Design.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the extent of commercial tobacco imagery in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) press.
methodsContent analysis of all advertising containing tobacco related text or imagery in 20 LGB community periodicals, published between January 1990 and December 2000.
results3428 ads were found: 689 tobacco product ads, 1607 ads for cessation products or services, 99 ads with a political message about tobacco, and 1033 non-tobacco ads that showed tobacco (NAST). Although cessation ads were numerically dominant, tobacco product ads and NAST occupied more space and were more likely to use images. NAST almost never had an anti-tobacco message. Formal sponsorship between tobacco and other companies was very rare. Lesbian periodicals had proportionally more NAST and fewer cessation ads.
conclusionsCigarette ads were outnumbered by NAST. Although these ads do not usually show brands, and are unlikely to be the result of formal sponsorship agreements, they may be "selling" smoking. Tobacco control advocates should persuade editors to refuse tobacco product ads and those with gratuitous tobacco imagery.
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