Open AccessLong-Term Smoking Cessation Outcomes for Sexual Minority Versus Nonminority Smokers in a Large Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Web-Based Interventions
Author(s) -
Jaimee L. Heffner,
Kristin E. Mull,
Noreen L Watson,
Jennifer B. McClure,
Jonathan B. Bricker
Publication year - 2019
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/ntz112
Subject(s) - medicine , smoking cessation , abstinence , lesbian , psychosocial , randomized controlled trial , psychological intervention , randomization , young adult , demographics , demography , sexual minority , psychiatry , psychology , pathology , sociology , psychoanalysis
Despite greater smoking prevalence among sexual minority (SM) individuals relative to non-SM individuals, minimal research has examined whether SM smokers have differential success at quitting, and no prior treatment studies have examined differences within SM subgroups. There is also limited knowledge of the psychosocial characteristics of treatment-seeking SM smokers, which could inform targeted treatments. To address these gaps, we compared treatment outcomes and baseline characteristics for SM and non-SM smokers and for bisexual versus lesbian or gay smokers in a large randomized controlled trial of two web-based cessation treatments.