Posted on 05/02/2016 5:28:53 PM PDT by Loyalist
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a smoking prevention campaign aimed at young adult lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) persons who are occasional users of tobacco.
Young adult LGBT persons are nearly twice as likely to use tobacco as other young adults, said Mitch Zeller, JD, director, Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), FDA, during a press briefing to announce the campaign, called This Free Life.
Of the more than 2 million LGBT persons aged 18 to 24 years in the United States, more than 800,000 are occasional or so-called social smokers, according to Dr Zeller.
"Unfortunately, research tells us that LGBT young adults often don't consider themselves to be smokers and don't understand the associated health risks."
The campaign, said Dr Zeller, "is aimed at making LGBT young adults aware that there is no safe amount of smoking and that even an occasional cigarette can have serious health implications and lead to addiction."
The range of negative health outcomes from smoking, such as cancer, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses, can disproportionately affect minority groups such as the LGBT community, said Richard Wolitski, PhD, acting director of the Office for HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, US Department of Health and Human Services, during the briefing.
(Excerpt) Read more at medscape.com ...
“Unfortunately, research tells us that LGBT young adults often don’t consider themselves to be smokers”
they are bone smokers and they are probably in denial about that too...
So taxpayer money to reach out to .03 percent of the population, seems about right for Libertard Gubermint.
What about the “Q” s? Don’t they matter anymore?
And I'm sure this is somehow our, "homophobic" society's, fault. (as usual.)
Spend government money to prevent a hazardous lifestyle habit (smoking): Good social policy.
Spend government money to prevent a hazardous lifestyle habit (homosexual sex): BIGOTED HOMOPHOBIA!!!!
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