Open AccessPsychological, Normative, and Environmental Barriers to Tobacco Cessation that Disproportionally Affect Sexual Minority Tobacco Users
Author(s) -
Christopher W. Wheldon,
Kara P. Wiseman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntaa268
Subject(s) - sexual minority , smokeless tobacco , lesbian , psychosocial , minority stress , population , sexual orientation , transgender , psychological intervention , health equity , affect (linguistics) , medicine , demography , psychology , environmental health , clinical psychology , public health , social psychology , psychiatry , tobacco use , nursing , communication , sociology , psychoanalysis
Sexual minority populations-particularly gay/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 in these populations. The purpose of this study is to describe the psychological, normative, and environmental barriers to cessation that disproportionally affect sexual minority tobacco users.