Sarah S Dermody1, Jaimee L Heffner2, Josephine T Hinds3, Julia McQuoid4, Amanda J Quisenberry5, Andy S L Tan6,7, Erin A Vogel8. 1. School of Psychological Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 2. Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. 3. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. 4. Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 5. Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY. 6. Division of Population Sciences, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. 7. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 8. Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals have higher tobacco use prevalence and consequently higher burden of tobacco-caused diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease compared with their heterosexual or cisgender counterparts. Yet, there is a critical gap in research focused on measuring SGM tobacco-related health disparities and addressing unmet needs of SGM individuals in the context of nicotine and tobacco research. AIMS AND METHODS: In this commentary, we summarize recommendations discussed during a pre-conference workshop focused on challenges and opportunities in conducting SGM tobacco control research at the 2019 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. RESULTS: Specifically, we recommend defining and measuring SGM identity in all nicotine and tobacco research routinely, using novel methods to engage a demographically diverse sample of the SGM population, and eliciting SGM community voices in tobacco control research. CONCLUSIONS: Addressing these critical research gaps will enable the scientific community to generate the data to fully understand and support SGM individuals in tobacco use prevention and cessation. IMPLICATIONS: Tobacco use and its consequences have become increasingly concentrated in disadvantaged groups, including sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. Through concrete recommendations in this commentary, we aimed to promote health equity, diversity, and inclusion in tobacco research for SGM populations by urging the scientific community to consider expanding efforts to monitor and address tobacco-related health disparities of SGM populations within their respective research programs.
INTRODUCTION: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals have higher tobacco use prevalence and consequently higher burden of tobacco-caused diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease compared with their heterosexual or cisgender counterparts. Yet, there is a critical gap in research focused on measuring SGM tobacco-related health disparities and addressing unmet needs of SGM individuals in the context of nicotine and tobacco research. AIMS AND METHODS: In this commentary, we summarize recommendations discussed during a pre-conference workshop focused on challenges and opportunities in conducting SGM tobacco control research at the 2019 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. RESULTS: Specifically, we recommend defining and measuring SGM identity in all nicotine and tobacco research routinely, using novel methods to engage a demographically diverse sample of the SGM population, and eliciting SGM community voices in tobacco control research. CONCLUSIONS: Addressing these critical research gaps will enable the scientific community to generate the data to fully understand and support SGM individuals in tobacco use prevention and cessation. IMPLICATIONS: Tobacco use and its consequences have become increasingly concentrated in disadvantaged groups, including sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations. Through concrete recommendations in this commentary, we aimed to promote health equity, diversity, and inclusion in tobacco research for SGM populations by urging the scientific community to consider expanding efforts to monitor and address tobacco-related health disparities of SGM populations within their respective research programs.
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