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. 2020 Sep 24;55(6):530–542. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa079

Table 2.

Prevalence of lifetime and current cigarette smoking by sociodemographic characteristics among U.S. sexual minorities (N = 1,500)

Lifetime cigarette smokinga Current cigarette smokingb
% (wtd) 95% CI p-value % (wtd) 95% CI p-value
Gender .87 .70
 Women 42.0 (37.8, 46.3) 25.0 (21.4, 29.1)
 Men 41.5 (37.1, 46.0) 23.9 (20.2, 28.1)
Nonbinary gender identity .08 .29
 Binary gender identity 42.6 (39.4, 45.9) 25.0 (22.2, 28.1)
 Genderqueer/nonbinary 32.0 (22.3, 43.6) 19.0 (11.3, 30.4)
Sexual orientation identity .70 .62
 Gay/ lesbian 42.7 (38.5, 47.0) 24.7 (21.1, 28.7)
 Bisexual 41.6 (36.4, 47.0) 24.8 (20.3, 29.9)
 Another sexual orientation 38.5 (30.5, 47.1) 20.6 (14.4, 28.7)
Race/ethnicity .02 .64
 White 45.2 (41.2, 49.2) 25.4 (22.0, 29.2)
 Black or African American 35.2 (28.4, 42.7) 24.5 (18.6, 31.6)
 Hispanic or Latino/a 37.1 (30.9, 43.8) 22.2 (16.9, 28.5)
Socioeconomic positionc <.0001 <.0001
 Lower income 50.7 (45.3, 56.1) 36.1 (31.0, 41.6)
 Middle income 36.7 (32.0, 41.6) 19.5 (15.8, 23.8)
 Higher income 35.1 (30.1, 40.4) 13.5 (10.2, 17.6)
Minority stressors M (SD) p-value M (SD) p-value
Everyday discriminationd .18 .003
 No to smoking 2.01 (0.03) 1.99 (0.72)
 Yes to smoking 2.07 (0.04) 2.17 (0.74)
Victimizatione < .0001 < .0001
 No to smoking 1.76 (0.72) 1.85 (0.79)
 Yes to smoking 2.26 (0.92) 2.36 (0.87)

Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < .05). p-values are for differences within each demographic category. p-values based on chi-square tests for demographic characteristics and categorical outcomes and on analysis of variance F-tests for continuous variables.

CI confidence interval.

aRespondents were asked “Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?” (Yes/No). Respondents were asked to exclude any use of e-cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products.

bRespondents who endorsed smoking at least 100 cigarettes were asked “Do you now smoke cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all?” Responses were dichotomized: every day or some days = current smoker; not at all or never smoked = not current smoker.

cSocioeconomic position: based on annual household (HH) income, adjusted for household size, and scaled in relation to median U.S. household size (per Pew Research Center 2015). Lower income = <2/3 U.S. median HH income; middle income = 2/3 − double U.S. median HH income; upper income = >double U.S. median HH income.

dVictimization: mean score of six items about frequency of victimization experiences since age 18 (range: 1–4; higher scores = more victimization experiences).

eDay-to-day discrimination: mean score of nine items about frequency of unfair treatment in a variety of settings in past year (range: 1–4; higher scores = more experiences of discrimination).