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ABSTRACT
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a smoking cessation course tailored to meet the needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Of the 44 individuals who participated, 36 were in attendance in the final class, and 88.9% of those had successfully quit smoking. The study found an increase in importance to having cessation classes in gay-identified contexts, high ratings of the cultural appropriateness of the course content, and decreasing anxiety across the classes. Participants’ assessment of their health shifted differentially based on whether they were successful at quitting.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (Grant #FLA 00145).
We wish to acknowledge the participation in evaluation activities of all of the participants who took part in the smoking cessation courses, the facilitators of the courses for diligence in collecting the evaluation data, Jennifer Woodard as the program director, and the GLBT Community Center of Colorado's agency partners including Boulder Pride, El Futuro, Lambda Community Center, and the Kaleidoscope Project. Support in the form of training and consultation from CLASH, Bob Gordon, and Gloria Soliz was instrumental. Preparation of this manuscript was aided by numerous community volunteers, and Kristie Seelman, MSW, played a key role in preparing the data for analyses.