Data

For research and literature on LGBT's and tobacco, visit the National LGBT Tobacco Control Network Website.

Factsheets

• AAPI LGBT Communities and Tobacco  (APPEAL Factsheet)
• LGBT Communities and Smoking Factsheet  (American Legacy Foundation Factsheet)
• LGBT People and Clean Indoor Air  (The National LGBT Tobacco Control Network Factsheet)
• LGBT Tobacco Treatment  (The National LGBT Tobacco Control Network Factsheet)
• Tobacco and the GLBT Community English / Spanish (American Cancer Society Factsheet)

Data and Reports

• American Legacy Foundation Final Report on LGBT Forum- recommendations for working within LGBTs
• Breaking the Habit - The 2006 Southeastern Michigan LGBT Tobacco Use Report
  This report describes survey results from over 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals living in Southeastern Michigan and covers their tobacco use history and their opinions on creating more smoke-free environments in Michigan. Report made possible by a grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health.
• CA Minority Smoking - Press Release 
  Press Release on California's smoking rates among ethnic and LGBT groups, 2003.
• Creating an Effective Tobacco Plan for Minnesota's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities
  A community based report which addresses the prevalence of tobacco use, awareness of use and exposure hazards, issues surrounding cessation, and attitudes toward smoke-free initiatives in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities. December 2005
• How to Run a Culturally Competent LGBT Smoking Treatment Group
  This 20-page book distills lessons learned from over 20 LGBT treatment groups run across the country as part of an American Legacy Foundation research project. Information is given on how to set up staffing, do outreach, tailor a curriculum and find other resources. The last chapter of the book adds a bonus, a low-effort recipe to evaluate any tobacco treatment group complete with model evaluation forms. According to Dr. Scout, "It was really frustrating to us as evaluators to realize there were no turnkey evaluations for treatment groups available. So we decided to create one we hope anyone can use because we all deserve to know when we're succeeding."
• LGBT Tobacco Action Plan
  The National LGBT communities' Tobacco Action Plan, with top 5 action steps
• Ohio LGBT Report: Voices of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender on: Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control, and the Effects of Tobacco
  Report on data gathered from focus groups for populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use.
• Sharing Our Lessons: Making Minnesota’s Quitlines Accessible to LGBTs
  Sharing Our Lessons is intended to present informal interviews with leaders doing excellent LGBT tobacco control work.Thus, we are very happy to introduce a person who has been a leader in an amazing statewide effort to enhance LGBT access to tobacco quitlines, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Senior Priority Population Project Manager Sarah Senseman.
• LGBTQ COMMUNITIES: Motivation to Quit Smoking (National Edition)
  We now have turned our Blue Cross/Blue Shield Minnesota guide "LGBTQ COMMUNITIES: Motivation to Quit Smoking" into a national document full of quit tips, motivational stories and resources. created by the Network and We're happy to share this book with any quitline who wants to reprint it for distribution to LGBT callers,just shoot us an email!

Bibliography

• Articles, literature reviews, and published research on LGBTs and tobacco.