Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) groups experience nicotine and tobacco (NT) related inequities that persist despite reductions in NT use across the general population. Although institutional trust has important implications for how public health policies are received, few studies have explored tru...

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Main Authors: Emile Sanders, Rachelle Annechino, Sharon Lipperman-Kreda, Elaina Peterkin, Tamar Antin
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Published: Critical Public Health Network 2024-03-01
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Rachelle Annechino
Sharon Lipperman-Kreda
Elaina Peterkin
Tamar Antin
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description Sexual and gender minority (SGM) groups experience nicotine and tobacco (NT) related inequities that persist despite reductions in NT use across the general population. Although institutional trust has important implications for how public health policies are received, few studies have explored trust in tobacco control institutions, especially among SGM communities that are not benefitting equitably from existing approaches. Analyzing narrative data from open-ended interviews with 100 young adults in California, USA, who currently or formerly smoked tobacco and identify in ways that classify them as SGM, we interpret participants’ perceptions of tobacco control efforts in relation to characteristics of trustworthy institutions. Our findings suggest that trust in tobacco control institutions may be compromised by some of the tactics used to denormalize NT use, abstinence-only approaches to NT-related messaging and policymaking, and distrust of the broader establishment of which tobacco control is perceived to be a part. Highlighting trust-compromising consequences of some current mainstream approaches to tobacco control, these findings are important to consider in the development of community-informed messaging strategies and policy interventions to address tobacco-related inequities among SGM populations.
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spelling doaj-art-27899718308a49b0aeb2432fbf74987b2025-08-20T13:49:21ZengCritical Public Health NetworkJournal of Critical Public Health3033-39972024-03-011110.55016/ojs/jcph.v1i1.77929Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USAEmile Sanders0Rachelle AnnechinoSharon Lipperman-KredaElaina PeterkinTamar AntinCenter for Critical Public Health @ the Institute for Scientific Analysis Sexual and gender minority (SGM) groups experience nicotine and tobacco (NT) related inequities that persist despite reductions in NT use across the general population. Although institutional trust has important implications for how public health policies are received, few studies have explored trust in tobacco control institutions, especially among SGM communities that are not benefitting equitably from existing approaches. Analyzing narrative data from open-ended interviews with 100 young adults in California, USA, who currently or formerly smoked tobacco and identify in ways that classify them as SGM, we interpret participants’ perceptions of tobacco control efforts in relation to characteristics of trustworthy institutions. Our findings suggest that trust in tobacco control institutions may be compromised by some of the tactics used to denormalize NT use, abstinence-only approaches to NT-related messaging and policymaking, and distrust of the broader establishment of which tobacco control is perceived to be a part. Highlighting trust-compromising consequences of some current mainstream approaches to tobacco control, these findings are important to consider in the development of community-informed messaging strategies and policy interventions to address tobacco-related inequities among SGM populations. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph/article/view/77929qualitative researchInequitiesTobacco ControlNicotine and tobaccoLGBTQIA+Institutional trust
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Sharon Lipperman-Kreda
Elaina Peterkin
Tamar Antin
Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA
Journal of Critical Public Health
qualitative research
Inequities
Tobacco Control
Nicotine and tobacco
LGBTQIA+
Institutional trust
title Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA
title_full Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA
title_fullStr Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA
title_full_unstemmed Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA
title_short Trust in tobacco control: Critical perspectives from sexual and gender minority young adults in California, USA
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topic qualitative research
Inequities
Tobacco Control
Nicotine and tobacco
LGBTQIA+
Institutional trust
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