• Community Assessments (15)
• Recommendations & Guides (15)
• State Disparities Plans (8)

Community Assessments

• 2006: Breaking the Habit; Southeastern Michigan LGBT Tobacco Use Report

  This report describes survey results from over 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals living in Southeastern Michigan and covers their tobacco use history and their opinions on creating more smoke-free environments in Michigan. Report made possible by a grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health.
  
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• 2006: New Mexico LGBT Tobacco Community Survey

  In June 2006, the New Mexico Department of Health, Stop Tobacco on My People and the University of New Mexico Health Evaluation and Research Team conducted a tobacco survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
  A total of 471 people completed the survey, 88% of whom identified as LGBT. The purpose of the survey was to gain new knowledge for improved tobacco prevention and cessation programming efforts for LGBT people; therefore, analyses that follow are limited to the LGBT participants.
  
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• 2007: Colorado Pride Survey

  Survey regarding behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender (GLBT) communities in Colorado regarding tobacco use. The study was conducted by the SmokeFree GLBT task force at Pride in 2007
  
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• 2008: Smoking Prevalence and Cessation among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Residents in Arizona

  This brief report was prepared by the Evaluation, Research and Development Unit at the University of Arizona.
  For more information contact Sylvia Ramirez at sramirez@u.arizona.edu or 520/318-7259 x 175.
  Funded by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
  
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• 2010 West Virginia Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Tobacco Survey

  A copy of the 2010 West Virginia Pride Festival and Bar Survey used by West Virginia Covenant House and the Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  
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• Creating an Effective Tobacco Plan for Minnesota's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities

  A community based report which addresses the prevalence of tobacco use, awareness of use and exposure hazards, issues surrounding cessation, and attitudes toward smoke-free initiatives in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities. Relays suggestions, participant recommendations, interviews with GLBT community leaders, survey results, a review of the literature and a list of LGBT-specific smoking cessation programs across the country. December 2005.
  
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• New Mexico’s Progress in Collecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Data and Its Implications for Addressing Health Disparities

  First report in New Mexico to examine numerous health indicators by sexual orientation. Compared to straight adults, LGB adults have significantly increased rates of tobacco use, excessive alcohol use, suicidal attempts and ideation, depression, intimate partner violence, obesity, asthma, and life dissatisfaction. However, LGB adults are more likely than straight adults to report engaging in sufficient physical activity and having had an HIV test. These data provide new insight into health inequities between LGB and straight adults and are essential in prioritizing and allocating resources to address the health of LGB communities.
  
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• North Carolina Report- Tobacco Disparities in the LGBT Community

  This report talks about the issues in the LGBT community around tobacco, issues for NC LGB populations specifically, and outlines the results of a Pride Survey on tobacco collected in 2004.
  
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• Ohio LGBT Report: Voices of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender on: Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control, and the Effects of Tobacco

  Report on qualitative data gathered from focus groups for LGBT populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use in Athens and Columbus, Ohio. The focus groups concentrated on awareness of tobacco use, tobacco myths, media messages, and prevention activities.
  
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• Recommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People in HIV Prevention, Care, and Services

  The two page short version from the Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention's "Recommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People in HIV Prevention, Care, and Services" examines the issue of reliable inclusion of the transgender population in HIV data collection. Topics include questions to ask, helpful implementation of data collection, and resource assistance.
  
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• The Toronto Rainbow Tobacco Survey:
  A Report on Tobacco Use in Toronto's LGBTTQ Communities

  The Toronto Rainbow Tobacco Survey (TRTS) gathered data from over 3,000 members of Toronto's LGBTTQ communities from April to July 2006, through outreach at LGBTTQ community events and through an online survey. Results were similar to other findings, with the LGBT population smoking at much higher rates. Recommendations include targeting tobacco control efforts at the LGBTTQ population, expanding treatment resources to address the most at-risk communities and conducting further research on the determinants of tobacco use among LGBTTQ communities.
  
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• Tobacco Control Needs in Colorado

  Tobacco Control Needs of the LGBT Community in Colorado - A Priority Population Statewide Needs Assesment conducted for Colorado STEPP in July 2002. This qualitative data was gathered in order to better understand the needs of the LGBT community in terms of reducing initiation of tobacco use by youth, promoting cessation among both youth and adults, reducing exposure to tobacco smoke and to inform the development of cessation programs.
  
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• Tobacco Use Among Missouri LGBTQ 2009

  This report identifies significant tobacco-related disparities in Missouri's LGBTQ community and provides a broad description of the LGBTQ community with regards to tobacco issues.
  
  There is a higher rate of smoking and a lower rate of successful cessation. There is a lower level of knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke, and a general lack of awareness of evidence-based cessation treatment options.
  
  Unfortunately, there is also a significant lack of awareness of the disparities identified in this assessment. The LGBTQ community of Missouri is unaware of these disparities and the health impact of tobacco use.
  
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• Tobacco Use and Interventions among Arizona Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People

  This study focuses on tobacco use and intervention strategies through surveys, interviews, and focus groups. It was funded by the Arizona Department of Health Services and sponsored by southern Arizona's LGBT community center, Wingspan.
  
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• Year one LGBT Tobacco Prevention and Control Focus Groups Data

  Year one and year two of the LGBT Tobacco Prevention and Control Program were focused on the Tobacco Program staff visiting LGBT Community Centers across the country to conduct focus groups. This is the qualitative data collected during that time.
  
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Recommendations & Guides

• "Qualitative Investigation of Smokers and Non-Smokers in the LGBT Market" Executive Summary

  Here is a executive summary of a "Qualitative Investigation of Smokers and Non-Smokers in the LGBT Market" by Winston Stuart Associates, LTD. Included is the respondent screener and discussion guides from LGBT focus groups conducted in 2001, smokers and nonsmokers, in Sacramento and San Francisco.
  
  
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• American Legacy Foundation Final Report

  American Legacy Foundation final report on LGBT forum - in-depth recommendations for working within LGBT's: Examples include a call for immediate scientific research, incorporation of LGBTs into mainstream anti-tobacco work, understanding how LGBTs are targeted.
  
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• Coming Out about Smoking: Tobacco Use in the LGBTQ Young Adult Community

  NYAC has long been the go to group for some great resources for pushing back against LGBTQ youth tobacco use, and they've done it again here. Please take a gander at their fascinating new report on LGBTQ youth tobacco attitudes, complete with smart and savvy recommendations. There's lots to learn from in this report. Two things I found especially fascinating were that 20% of people who said they were 'nonsmokers' admitted to smoking socially; and that only 63% of LGBTQ youth said their sexual orientation was LGB (I know at least a dozen survey researchers who'll wail and gnash their teeth at this news). But mostly, let's get this out far and wide, because LGBTQ youth tobacco control is severely underfunded and powered. Unless we want to be doing this work in 20 more years, please help us spread these findings and strategies to all the groups that can make them happen. Great job NYAC!
  
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• Consultant Directory Listings, September 2009 Edition

  Complementary to our Reachout Directory, this document allows you to see what the expertise and past projects are for the consultants who identified themselves as working within the realm of the LGBT community and/or tobacco control.
  
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• Department of Veterans Affairs 2010 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month Memo

  The Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Administration has sent out a memo celebrating Pride. The focus is on employees, not veterans – and employees are not able to get health benefits for partners – that said, it is a refreshing step in the right direction
  
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• GLBT Community Center of Colorado's
  SmokeFree Case Study
  

  In 2005 the State of Colorado passed Constitutional Amendment 35, increasing tobacco tax from .20 to 84 cents per pack. All new revenue, approximately $189 million per year, was designated for health related purposes including approximately $25 million earmarked for tobacco control efforts. As part of the enabling legislation, at least 15% of the funding coming into the tobacco control program had to be used to address those with higher than average tobacco related burdens. Based upon national data, the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) population was designated by the State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (STEPP) as a disparate health community launching a statewide effort of tobacco reduction within the GLBT community.
  
  This Case Study provides a summary and highlights of Colorado's SmokeFree GLBT project as their movement begins to reverse decades of tobacco industry targeting, marketing, and resulting addiction within the GLBT community.
  
  
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• HHS Strategic Plan

  2001 HHS Strategic Plan for Addressing SO Health Disparities
  
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• LGBT Surveillance and Data Collection Briefing Paper

  A briefing paper on capturing LGBT data, with an emphasis on tobacco. This paper discusses which questions have been tested and why it is important to collect this data.
  
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• NYAC FREE Resource Guide

  A resource guide for FREE – Friends for Real, Educating and Empowering – which helps train youth LGBTQ peer educators and adult allies to confront Tobacco. Information on youth statistics, youth marketing strategies, how-to quit and a full list of LGBT smoking cessation groups throughout the country.
  
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• Promising Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program identifying and eliminating LGBT disparities

  Stemming from the Network's Tobacco Control Summits, the document highlights the measures states and localities should take when addressing tobacco control and wellness in LGBTQ populations. Steps include community inclusion and funding in policy planning, monitoring impact of tobacco on LGBTs, establishing culturally competent and tailored standards for statewide programs, and disseminating findings or lessons learned from programs. Rationale and ideas to meet each criterion are illustrated in this easy-to-use document.
  
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• Queer Tips

  Smoking cessation interventions in San Francisco's queer communities (Queer Tip): background of LGBTs and smoking, history of QueerTip and collaborative research, lessons learned, youth findings, transgender findings, evaluating existing classes, new smoking cessation manual, and future directions.
  
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• Recommendations from the American Legacy Foundation - Final Report

  American Legacy Foundation recommendations from the LGBT Forum in Nov. 2000, Healthy People 2010, and National Association of LGBT Community Centers Final Report for the CDC (July 2003) in the areas of prevention; cessation; research and evaluation, policy/advocacy and inclusion; education and media; capacity building, funding and support.
  
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• State LGBT Tobacco Disparities Best Practices
  

  A compiled list of tested strategies that states have used to address LGBT tobacco disparities. These strategies represent the current best practices available to address LGBT tobacco disparities and we strongly encourage states to adopt as many of these best practices as possible.
  
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• Tool Kit for LGBTQ Organizations

  If you're seeking funding, check this out. We dispel myths about tobacco control, have created a guide on where to look for funding opportunities, and included examples of model programs. It also includes suggestions on how to prepare a competitive proposal.
  
  
  
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• Tool Kit for State Funders

  Our introduction is designed to orient state funders to LGBTs, provide you with links to LGBT organizations in your state, and highlight example programs. We’ve also included best case scenarios for engaging competitive LGBT applicants for tobacco control funding.
  
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State Disparities Plans

• Bringing Everyone Along: A Strategic Plan to Identify and Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities (Wisconson)

  A Report from the Wisconson Tobacco Control Disparities workgroup to the Department of Health and Family Services (2002). Discusses background information, workgroup roles, goals and strategies, evaluation techniques and a logic model.
  
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• Creating an Effective Tobacco Plan for Minnesota's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities

  A community based report which addresses the prevalence of tobacco use, awareness of use and exposure hazards, issues surrounding cessation, and attitudes toward smoke-free initiatives in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities. Relays suggestions, participant recommendations, interviews with GLBT community leaders, survey results, a review of the literature and a list of LGBT-specific smoking cessation programs across the country. December 2005.
  
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• Idaho Disparities Plan

  Idaho's Plan to Identify and Eliminate Tobacco Related Disparities Among Populations: key findings, identifying and eliminating disparities, models for comprehensive tobcco control.
  
  PDF: Older version
  URL: updated version 2004
  
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• Identifying & Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities
  in Indiana: Tobacco Use Disparities & Diversity Workgroup Strategic Plan, 2003

  A statewide plan to identify disparities and develop a strategic plan. Discusses the planning process, identifies populations, and gives statistics.
  
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• Missouri Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program 2006-2009

  Goals and strategic plan of the Missouri Department of Health.
  
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• Missouri Strategic Plan to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

  A statewide Tobacco Disparities Strategic Planning Committee developed the Missouri Tobacco-Related Disparities Strategic Plan. Missouri will use this plan as a part of the Missouri Comprehensive Tobacco Use Prevention Plan to guide future activities to reduce tobacco-related disparities.
  
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• New Mexico Tobacco Related Disparities Planning (2005-2010)

  Gives a background and process, outlines the goals of the 5 year plan, discusses current data, walks through the evaluation process.
  
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• Ohio's Cross-Cultural Tobacco Control Alliance
  Building Infrastructure- 2006-8
  Executive Summary Action Plan

  An action plan to address tobacco-related health disparities among at-risk, culturally diverse, and underserved populations called "Empowering cross-cultural communities to take action to overcome tobacco-related health disparities." The Cross-Cultural Tobacco Control Alliance is a newly-formed statewide partnership consisting of various communities that has emerged to enhance Ohio's ability to improve adverse health outcomes related to tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure.
  
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