Category: Tobacco Control

Norms & Nicotine

Norms and Nicotine This rapid systematic review sheds light on the understudied role of normative processes in influencing tobacco use behaviors among sexual and gender minority populations. We propose a model where normative processes moderate the association between minority stress and tobacco use behaviors. This research was presented at the 2024 meeting of the Society […]

Barriers to tobacco cessation by sexual orientation among a nationally representative sample of tobacco users

I will be presenting the following abstract this year at the Society of Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Significance: Subpopulations of sexual minorities—particularly lesbian and bisexual women—use tobacco at higher rates than their heterosexual peers. Evidence-based biopsychosocial interventions for tobacco cessation are available; however, research is lacking on the specific barriers to tobacco cessation. The purpose […]