1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2 University of Hawai'i at Mãnoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2019 Feb;46(1):176-184. doi: 10.1177/1090198118757821. Epub 2018 Mar 4.
Several studies have noted sexual minority disparities in tobacco smoking; however, few studies have examined the role of intimate partners in these different smoking behaviors among sexual minority men and women. Furthermore, few studies distinguish between intermittent and daily smokers. Thus, this study sought to examine whether perceptions of their partner's smoking behaviors were associated with their own smoking behaviors in a sample of sexual minority adults in romantic relationships.
In total, 898 participants (413 sexual minority females and 485 sexual minority males) completed a one-time online anonymous survey.
Approximately one third of the sample reported smoking, with 21.2% daily smokers and 9.8% intermittent smokers. Multinomial regression results revealed that for both sexual minority females and males having a partner who was a daily or intermittent smoker was associated with an increased odds of being a daily smoker, whereas having a partner who was an intermittent smoker was associated with an increased odds of being an intermittent smoker.
These findings provide valuable information on the need to attend to romantic partners and consider tailored programming to account for different smoking patterns and partners' potential role in reinforcing smoking.
多项研究指出,性少数群体在吸烟方面存在差异;然而,很少有研究探讨伴侣在性少数群体男女不同吸烟行为中的作用。此外,很少有研究区分间歇性和每日吸烟者。因此,本研究旨在检验性少数群体成年伴侣在恋爱关系中,其对伴侣吸烟行为的看法是否与其自身吸烟行为有关。
共有 898 名参与者(413 名性少数群体女性和 485 名性少数群体男性)完成了一次性的在线匿名调查。
大约三分之一的样本报告吸烟,其中 21.2%为每日吸烟者,9.8%为间歇性吸烟者。多项回归结果显示,对于性少数群体女性和男性来说,伴侣是每日或间歇性吸烟者与成为每日吸烟者的几率增加有关,而伴侣是间歇性吸烟者则与成为间歇性吸烟者的几率增加有关。
这些发现提供了有价值的信息,表明需要关注伴侣,并考虑制定有针对性的计划,以考虑不同的吸烟模式和伴侣在强化吸烟方面的潜在作用。