Materials

Our Brochure (1.3 MB in Acrobat Reader)   Magnets	Posters Palm Cards

Common Tobacco Myths in Our Community

• Tobacco use is masculine or butch.
• Tobacco use makes you sexy.
• Tobacco use is an effective “social lubricant” at a bar.
• Using tobacco demonstrates independence or rebellion.
• Tobacco use is no big deal when compared with the specters of AIDS, antigay violence, breast cancer and discrimination.
• Tobacco use is just part of being gay.

We’re Taking Action

• Fighting the targeting of our community by tobacco industry advertising;
• Raising awareness of the danger of smoking to our community through presentations, flyers, palm cards, magnets and ads;
• Working with youth who are at the highest risk for smoking;
• Sponsoring free LGBTQI-specific cessation sessions called “The Last Drag”;
• Training prevention/cessation agencies to be responsive to LGBTQI needs;
• Surveying members of our community to gain better data on the effects of smoking in our lives;
• Working to eliminate tobacco company sponsorship of Gay Pride events;
• Marching in Gay Pride parades around the state;
• Advocating for smoke-free workplaces, homes and cars to protect our community; and
• Distributing smoking cessation materials at LGBTQI events and meeting locations.

The Good News

• Two thirds of us don’t smoke
• Almost 9 in 10 believe that indoor work areas should be entirely smoke free
• 82% of us who smoke are thinking about, planning to or trying to quit
• 62% of us tried to quit for at least one day in the past year