2010-08-24: Fascinating New NYAC Report: 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 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 (We 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!
For the full report, click "view site" or copy/paste this link: http://lgbttobacco.org/files/Coming_Out_About_Smoking_NYAC.pdf
For more information go here: http://nyacyouth.org/news/news-item.php?id=48