Understanding the higher rates of smoking among lesbian and bisexual women

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Understanding the higher rates of smoking among lesbian and bisexual women

Smoking control measures and the resulting falling prevalence of smoking are one of the public health success stories in Australia. However while approximately 17 percent of adults still smoke, prevalence data indicate that this is not evenly spread across the community. Smoking rates are much highe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Comfort, Judith Ann
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2012
Subjects:	lesbian higher rates of smoking bisexual women
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2370

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