Education Level and Cigarette Smoking: Diminished Returns of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Individuals

Menthol cigarette smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults.

BACKGROUND Menthol can mask the harshness and taste of tobacco, making menthol cigarettes easier to use and increasing their appeal among vulnerable populations. The tobacco industry has targeted youth, women, and racial minorities with menthol cigarettes, and these groups smoke menthol cigarettes at higher rates. The tobacco industry has also targeted the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgende...

Socioeconomic Status and Current Cigarette Smoking Status: Immigrants’ Diminished Returns

Introduction: Although socioeconomic status (SES) resources influence population and individual health behaviors, socially marginalized groups gain significantly less health from their SES indicators, such as education and income, compared to the socially privileged groups. This pattern is called marginalization-related diminished returns (MDRs). However, most of the MDRs liter...

lESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER/TRANSSEXUAl INDIVIDUALS

"Liberty protects the person from unwarranted government intrusions into a dwelling or other private places. In our tradition the state is not omQipresent in the home. And there are other spheres of our lives and existence, outside the home, where the state should not be a dominant presence. Freedom extends beyond spatial bounds. Liberty presumes an autonomy of self that includes freedom of tho...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families.

Families headed by sexual minorities encounter unique barriers to care and health equity despite greater cultural acceptance and visibility. Empirical research suggests that children in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families develop and function comparably to those from traditional families. In helping families, awareness of family structure is important. The health care provid...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Disparities.