‘Faces of Gun Violence’ exhibit unveiled at inaugural survivors’ summit
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives hosts a powerful new exhibit to memorialize victims and foster dialogue on gun violence prevention.
April 24, 2024
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Civil rights, medical groups sue FDA over ‘almost unconscionable’ delay in banning menthol tobacco products
Over a 20-year period, a ban could lower health care costs among all adult smokers by about $1.62 billion, a recent study found.
April 4, 2024
How Tobacco Companies Harm the LGBTQ+ Community
Tobacco companies have long profited off LGBTQ+ and Black communities, and it's time for stricter regulation.
August 30, 2022
The Menthol Diaries: Taking back Pride from tobacco
Coming together to talk about Big Tobacco and the LGBTQIA+ community, employees of equalpride share their experiences with menthol tobacco and their journey to stop smoking.
June 3, 2024
The Menthol Diaries: Taking back Pride from tobacco
Coming together to talk about Big Tobacco and the LGBTQIA+ community, employees of equalpride share their experiences with menthol tobacco and their journey to stop smoking.
January 3, 2023
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FDA Launches Campaign to Prevent Tobacco Use Among Young LGBT People
The FDA hopes to reach young LGBT folks with an antismoking campaign that uses videos of drag queens and YouTubers.Â
May 2, 2016
We Spend 65 Times More on Tobacco Than Equality
New data confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control reveals that LGBT Americans spend a staggering $7.9 billion annually buying tobacco.
January 17, 2014
Banning Menthol Cigarettes Will Save LGBTQ+ Lives
For too long, Big Tobacco has preyed on LGBTQIA+ communities — and now, an FDA rule can help protect our health.
September 11, 2023
WATCH: A Trans Veteran Explains Why We Need ENDA
Meet Mia Macy, a veteran and former police officer who was rejected from a job with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms because she is transgender.
July 11, 2013
LGBTQ+ people are much more likely to vape. Here's why
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans are much more likely to try tobacco products than their straight and cisgender peers, according to a new report from the surgeon general.
November 20, 2024
Ugandan Police Arrest 125 People During Raid of LGBTQ Bar
Most taken into custody at Ram raid face drug charges regarding a tobacco-related product, but activists note authorities only raided Kampala's sole LGBTQ hangout.
November 12, 2019
The HIV Year in Review
Potential cures were touted in soy sauce and tobacco, AIDS researchers died in a plane crash, and a seventh grader uncovered a mystery that has been killing people with AIDS in California for two decades.
December 1, 2014
Is Vaping the Best Way to Stop LGBT Smoking?
Smoking is an LGBT health crisis. We should look at all options to bring down our unacceptable high rates of tobacco use, says the Log Cabin Republicans' Gregory T. Angelo.
February 10, 2017
Frankie Grande: Smoking 'Ain't Cute,' Guys
Reality and Broadway star Frankie Grande is the son of a pulmonologist and says smoking and cancer ain't cute.
April 1, 2015
Gays smoking and the Jennings effect
In the wake of Peter Jennings' death from lung cancer, the quit-smoking program at New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center has had a dramatic increase in telephone calls. Can your quitting be an act of pro-gay activism?
August 17, 2005
Smoking Is Still an LGBT Health Scourge
While much of the nation gives up cigarettes, many LGBT people continue to puff away. Here's what one antitobacco professional is doing about it.
November 23, 2015