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Bisexual and lesbian/gay female smokers are particularly likely to go for menthol cigarettes, research finds.
Compared with heterosexual smokers, menthol cigarette smoking is higher among lesbian, gay, and bisexual cigarette smokers, according to the study.
The research, which appears in the journal
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, examines national data from 2015 to 2019 of individuals ages 18 years and older by sex and sexual identity. The findings indicate that among smokers, 54 and 50% of bisexual and lesbian/gay females smokers preferred menthol cigarettes, respectively, compared with 39% of smokers overall.
This study comes in the wake of plans by the US Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol cigarettes a move that the researchers say is necessary considering menthol’s popularity among vulnerable populations, including youth smokers and Black smokers.