Cigarette smoking among gay and bisexual men

R.D. Stall, G.L. Greenwood, M. Acree, J. Paul and T.J. Coates

American Journal of Public Health, 1999, vol. 89, issue 12, 1875-1878

Abstract: Objectives. This study measured the prevalence of cigarette smoking among gay men and identified associations with smoking. Methods. Household- based (n = 696) and bar-based (n = 1897) sampling procedures yielded 2593 gay male participants from Portland, Ore, and Tucson, Ariz, in the spring of 1992. Results. Forty-eight percent of the combined sample reported current smoking, a rate far above prevalence estimates for men in Arizona (z = 14.11, P

Date: 1999
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