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QUEER & QUITTING: TOBACCO CESSATION AMONG LGBTQ We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This program is supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not


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QUEER & QUITTING: TOBACCO CESSATION AMONG LGBTQ

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We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This program is supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

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WHO WE ARE

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project (SEPA TCP)

  • 7 Counties
  • 21 service providers:
  • Healthcare

systems

  • Community-

based

  • rganizations
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Services:

  • Tobacco Dependence Treatment
  • Compliance with youth tobacco sale laws
  • Advocacy
  • Policy technical assistance
  • Worksites
  • Multi-Unit Housing
  • Young Lungs at Play
  • SEPA Wellness Coalition

Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project (SEPA TCP)

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Services:

  • Youth tobacco use prevention
  • Tobacco Resistance Unit
  • Advocacy Institute #RealTalkTobacco
  • Education and Outreach in GSAs

Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project (SEPA TCP)

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Youth Empowerment and Advocacy

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Youth Empowerment and Advocacy

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WE ARE PRO-SMOKER

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MAIN SOURCES

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov)
  • American Lung Association (lung.org)
  • Truth Initiative Key Facts about Tobacco Use in LGBT Community

(truthinitiative.org)

  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Project data
  • 2016 Philadelphia Region of Pennsylvania LGBTQA Community

Health Needs Assessment Results (William Way LGBT Community Center; LGBT Health Link)

  • LGBT Health Link (LBGThealthlink.org)
  • This Free Life (thisfreelife.betobaccofree.hhs.gov)
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LGBTQ ISSUES

HIV/AIDS Mental Health Bullying, Violence, & Discrimination Suicide STIs Housing Healthcare Access Tobacco Use

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LGBTQ ISSUES

Tobacco Use

Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. Accounts for 393,000 deaths each year Accounts for 30,000 LGBT deaths each year

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TOBACCO IS AN “LGBTQ ISSUE”

20.6% of LGBTQ use tobacco products in the U.S.

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  • f lesbian and bisexual women 16-24 smoke

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  • f LGBTQ smokers want to quit.

48% 90%

Lesbian and bisexual women (of all ages) smoke 9.7 times the rate of straight women.

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WHO SMOKES AT HIGHER RATES?

SOURCES LGB General Population

CDC

20.6% 15.1%

American Lung Association

30.4% 20.6%

Truth Initiative

23.9% 16.6%

Philly Area LGBTQA Community Health Needs Assessment

26.9% 19.9%

Gallup

28% 18%

SAMHSA

32% 20%

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WHY IS TOBACCO SO PREVALENT?

Stress Social and cultural norms Other contributing health factors Targeted by the tobacco industry

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WHY IS TOBACCO SO PREVALENT?

stress

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WHY IS TOBACCO SO PREVALENT?

social and cultural norms

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WHY IS TOBACCO SO PREVALENT?

  • ther contributing health factors
  • Insurance
  • Mental health
  • Homelessness
  • HIV
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OTHER HEALTH FACTORS – INSURANCE Less likely to be insured (p<.05)

43.5% of LGBTQ in Philly region are not out to

their health providers

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OTHER HEALTH FACTORS – MENTAL HEALTH More likely to have mental health issues (p<.05) Tobacco is 71% higher among adults with mental illness.

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OTHER HEALTH FACTORS – HOUSING Tobacco use is 310% higher among houseless adults

20-40% of houseless youth are LGBTQ

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OTHER HEALTH FACTORS – HIV

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WHY IS TOBACCO SO PREVALENT?

targeted by the tobacco industry

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83.4% of

LGBTQ don’t appreciate that the tobacco industry advertises to the LGBTQ community

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36% of LGBT smokers

smoke menthol cigarettes vs.

29% of straight smokers

smoke menthol cigarettes

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In 2014, tobacco companies spent $9.1 billion to market their products.

ACTIVITY: Cost of Smoking

U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Cigarette Report for 2014, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-tradecommission-cigarette-report-2014-federal- trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_cigarette_report_2014.pdf; FTC, Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2014, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette- report-2014-federal-tradecommission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_smokeless_tobacco_report_2014.pdf [Data for top 5 manufacturers only].

That’s nearly $25 million EVERY DAY.

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ACTIVITY: Cost of Smoking

U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Cigarette Report for 2014, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-tradecommission-cigarette-report-2014-federal- trade-commission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_cigarette_report_2014.pdf; FTC, Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2014, 2016, https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/federal-trade-commission-cigarette- report-2014-federal-tradecommission-smokeless-tobacco-report/ftc_smokeless_tobacco_report_2014.pdf [Data for top 5 manufacturers only].

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In Minnesota, the average cost

  • f a pack of cigarettes is $8.10

ACTIVITY: Cost of Smoking

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A person who smokes a half a pack per day spends: Daily: $ 4.05 Weekly: $ 28.35 Monthly: $ 121.50 Annually: $ 1,478.25

ACTIVITY: Cost of Smoking

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A person who smokes a pack per day spends: Daily: $ 8.10 Weekly: $ 56.70 Monthly: $ 243.00 Annually: $ 2,956.50

ACTIVITY: Cost of Smoking

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One Year: $ 2,956.50 Five Years: $ 14,782.50 Ten Years: $ 29,565.00 Twenty Years: $ 59,130.00 Thirty Years: $ 88,695.00 Forty Years: $118,260.00 Fifty Years: $147,825.00

What is one smoker is worth to the tobacco industry?

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LGBT people spend an estimated $7.9 billion on tobacco products annually. That is about 65 times more money than pro- equality funders spend on all LGBT issues combined.

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BIG TOBACCO TARGETS VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

Race/Ethnicity Prevalence

American Indian/Alaska Native 21.9% Multiple Races 20.2% Black/African American 16.7% White 16.6% Hispanic 10.1% Asian 7.0%

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BIG TOBACCO TARGETS VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

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BIG TOBACCO TARGETS VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

GRAPH SOURCE: American Lung Association, Smokefree Communities Project, The LGBT Community – A Priority Population for Tobacco Control

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

  • There are approximately 600 chemicals

in cigarettes.

  • When burned, they create more than

7,000 chemicals.

  • At least 69 of these chemicals are

known carcinogens, and many are poisonous.

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Acetone

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Formaldehyde

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Arsenic

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Butane

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Cadmium Lead

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Carbon Monoxide

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Methanol

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Acetic Acid

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ACTIVITY: Chemicals in Cigarettes

Ammonia

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FREEDOM FROM SEXUALITY AND GENDER NORMS, FREEDOM FROM TOBACCO ADDICTION

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TOBACCO & LGBTQ CLIENTS IN SEPA 8,201 clients 257 LGBTQ clients 48% of straight/cisgender clients quit ? of LGBTQ clients quit 29%

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~3% of SEPA’s tobacco cessation clients are LGBTQ ~3% of SEPA residents identify as LGBTQ

OUR PROJECT

24.5% of SEPA’s LGBTQ residents smoke

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Subcontracts: bcontracts: Targeted outreach to LGBTQ communities in Southeastern PA

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  • Direct messaging for prevention and cessation to

the LGBTQ community

  • Educational materials
  • Outreach in public schools
  • Tables at LGBTQ events
  • Outreach in gay bars
  • Training to HIV testing sites
  • Policy change: Smoke-Free Pride
  • Cultural Competence Training for TDT providers

Targeted outreach to LGBTQ communities in Southeastern PA

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Education and Outreach in Schools

Approach:

  • Educational

presentations and discussions with Gay/Straight Alliances

  • LGBT Smoke Free Youth

Art Project

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Education and Outreach in Schools

Goals:

  • Educate LGBTQ youth about the dangers of tobacco use
  • Empower LGBTQ youth to:
  • Educate their peers about the dangers of tobacco

use

  • Advocate against deceptive and discriminatory

marketing practices of the tobacco industry

  • Provide a space for LGBTQ youth to creatively express

their feelings about tobacco use

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Education and Outreach at Gay Bars

Goals:

  • Create clusters of nonsmokers in LGBTQ spaces
  • Begin to make the case for gay bars to implement

tobacco-free policies Approach:

  • LGBT Smoke-Free Stickers and Bracelets
  • Drag Queen Outreach
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EDUCATION/OUTREACH AT DRAG SHOWS

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  • GOAL: To create LGBT smoke-free spaces

to reduce the social pressure to smoke

  • In 2017, PA had 8 (out of 19) Smoke-

Free Pride Events

  • Southeastern PA:
  • New Hope Pride and Parade
  • Reading Pride
  • Chester County Pride
  • Lancaster County Pride

Smok

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ree e Pr Prid ide Event Events: s:

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  • Sponsor festivals to support

the effort needed to make them smoke-free events

  • Signage
  • Policy creation and

announcement

  • Booth/table space
  • Speaking slot on stage
  • Outreach and cessation

presence

Smok

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ree e Pr Prid ide Event Events: s:

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  • SEPA Wellness Coalition

Training (offered CE’s)

  • Individual trainings for sites
  • Training for all staff
  • Technical assistance around
  • rganizational policies

Cul ultur ural al Compe mpetenc ence Traini aining ng for for TDT provide viders: s:

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LGBTQ STARS TALK TOBACCO

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TOBACCO IS AN LGBTQ ISSUE 62.6% don’t agree that LGBTQ people smoke

more than the general population. (PA)

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Jamie Magee Health Promotion Council JAMAGEE@PHMC.ORG Mara Aussendorf Research & Evaluation Group at Public Health Management Corporation MAUSSENDORF@PHMC.ORG