ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2009
Queer quit: gay smokers' perspectives on a culturally specific smoking cessation service.
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- Promotion of tobacco use cessation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: a systematic review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
- The Put It Out Project (POP) Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers: Outcomes of a Pilot, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020Trial
- Queer quit: a pilot study of a smoking cessation programme tailored to gay men.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- 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
- Perspectives of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth on Anti-Vaping Messages in Social Media.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Interventions for Sexual and/or Gender Minority-Identified People and the Theories That Underpin Them: A Scoping Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Development and acceptability testing of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for sexual and gender minority young adults.Internet interventions · 2019Article
- Characteristics and Correlates of Tobacco Use in a Community Sample of Sexual Minority Men and Women: Implications for Smoking Cessation Program Development.LGBT health · 2018Article
- A scoping review of men, masculinities, and smoking behavior: The importance of settings.Global health action · 2018Article
- LGBTQ Youth and Young Adult Perspectives on a Culturally Tailored Group Smoking Cessation Program.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Article
- Social Branding to Decrease Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Young Adult Smoking.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015Article
- Smoking cessation outcomes among sexual and gender minority and nonminority smokers in extended smoking treatments.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of smoking is high among gay males. The need for culturally specific support has been acknowledged, but little is known about gay men's perspectives on such adapted interventions.
objectiveTo investigate smoking and intention to quit in gay smokers and to explore their attitudes towards a gay-specific smoking cessation programme.
designQuantitative survey and focus groups. SETTING AND
participantsA total of 325 gay smokers living in Zurich (Switzerland) completed an anonymous survey. Thirteen males participated in two focus groups, theoretically sampled to reflect heterogeneity in terms of age, HIV serostatus and smoking histories. Participants were personally recruited at a variety of events and through advertisements.
resultsResponders reported high consumption of cigarettes, and every second man stated that more than half of his gay friends smoke regularly. The majority planned their quit within the next 6 months. Idealizing attitudes towards smoking were very common. Men stated strong preferences towards a culturally adapted cessation programme for gay men. Higher age, high nicotine dependence, intention to quit, smoking stereotypes and fears for weight gain were significant predictors for interest in participation in the programme. Qualitative results indicate that men felt torn between their wish for support, bonding, and community alternatives to the 'smoking gay' environment and fears for failure and loss of reputation.
conclusionsGay men reported likely use of a gay-specific intervention. Such interventions may offer support in abstaining from smoking, without abstaining from gay social life. Health-care providers play an important role in communicating the serious threats caused by smoking to gay men.
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