Smoking Cessation Among Gender Minority Populations, Cis-women, and Cis-men:Findings From the International Tobacco Control Netherlands Survey

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about smoking cessation among gender minority populations compared to cisgender individuals (whose gender matches their sex assigned at birth). We examined differences between smokers from gender minority populations, cis-women, and cis-men in the heaviness of smoking, quit intentions, use of cessation assistance, quit attempts (ever tried and number), and triggers for thinking about quitting. AIMS AND METHODS: We used cross-sectional data from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Netherlands Survey. Among smoking respondents, we distinguished (1) cis-women (fem... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Nagelhout, Gera E.
Poole, Nikita L.
Geboers, Cloé
Magnée, Tessa
Kaag, Anne Marije
van den Brand, Floor A.
van den Putte, Bas
de Vries, Hein
Fong, Geoffrey T.
Willemsen, Marc C.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: Nagelhout , G E , Poole , N L , Geboers , C , Magnée , T , Kaag , A M , van den Brand , F A , van den Putte , B , de Vries , H , Fong , G T & Willemsen , M C 2023 , ' Smoking Cessation Among Gender Minority Populations, Cis-women, and Cis-men : Findings From the International Tobacco Control Netherlands Survey ' , Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco , vol. 25 , no. 5 , pp. 945-953 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac283
Sprache: Englisch
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INTRODUCTION: Little is known about smoking cessation among gender minority populations compared to cisgender individuals (whose gender matches their sex assigned at birth). We examined differences between smokers from gender minority populations, cis-women, and cis-men in the heaviness of smoking, quit intentions, use of cessation assistance, quit attempts (ever tried and number), and triggers for thinking about quitting. AIMS AND METHODS: We used cross-sectional data from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Netherlands Survey. Among smoking respondents, we distinguished (1) cis-women (female sex, identified as women, and having feminine gender roles; n = 670), (2) cis-men (male sex, identified as men, and having masculine gender roles; n = 897), and (3) gender minorities (individuals who were intersex, who identified as nonbinary, genderqueer, had a sex/gender identity not listed, whose gender roles were not feminine or masculine, or whose gender identity and/or roles were not congruent with sex assigned at birth; n = 220). RESULTS: Although gender minorities did not differ from cis-women and cis-men in the heaviness of smoking, plans to quit smoking, and quit attempts, they were significantly more likely to use cessation assistance (20% in the past 6 months) than cis-women (12%) and cis-men (9%). Gender minorities were also significantly more likely to report several triggers for thinking about quitting smoking, for example, quit advice from a doctor, an anti-smoking message/campaign, and the availability of a telephone helpline. CONCLUSION: Despite equal levels of quit attempts and heaviness of smoking, gender minority smokers make more use of smoking assistance, and respond stronger to triggers for thinking about quitting smoking. IMPLICATIONS: Smoking cessation counselors should be sensitive to the stressors that individuals from any minority population face, such as stigmatization, discrimination, and loneliness, and should educate their smoking clients on effective coping mechanisms to prevent relapse ...