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Are e-Cigarettes Safer

Are e-cigarettes safer than cigarettes for smokers?

Out With the Old, In With The New Smokes

Mark Twain said giving up smoking is easy -- "I know because I've done it thousands of times." Could he have used an e-cigarette?

Smoking

In some recent studies, it has been shown that tobacco use is higher among gay men, reaching nearly 50 percent in several studies.

Study: Bisexual Women Are More Likely to Smoke Menthols

The study's publication comes a few months after the FDA started making plans to ban menthol cigarettes. 

Is Vaping the Best Way to Stop LGBT Smoking?

Smoking is an LGBT health crisis. We should look at all options to bring down our unacceptable high rates of tobacco use, says the Log Cabin Republicans' Gregory T. Angelo.

Gays smoking and the Jennings effect

In the wake of Peter Jennings' death from lung cancer, the quit-smoking program at New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center has had a dramatic increase in telephone calls. Can your quitting be an act of pro-gay activism?

Why LGBTQ Youth Face Heightened Health Risks

Even youth in supportive environments feel the health impact of prejudice, writes Alex Keuroghlian of the Fenway Institute.

The Menthol Diaries: Taking back Pride from tobacco

Coming together to talk about Big Tobacco and the LGBTQIA+ community, employees of equalpride share their experiences with menthol tobacco and their journey to stop smoking.

The Menthol Diaries: Taking back Pride from tobacco

Coming together to talk about Big Tobacco and the LGBTQIA+ community, employees of equalpride share their experiences with menthol tobacco and their journey to stop smoking.

Op-ed: The Perils of Dating While Asian

This writer and Advocate intern used to revel in the fact that men found him attractive because he's Filipino. Now the attention feels like pandering racism.

The Special, Toxic Relationship Between Gays and Smoking

Many LGBT people, like our executive editor, used cigarettes to fit in and feel better. We're better than that, he writes.

Op-ed: Struggling With an Addictive Relationship

Dave Stalling has always been attracted to wild things, but one particular being has him quite distracted.

And the Winner Is...

Christian. But you knew that already. Here's how it went down on the season finale of Project Runway

The boy who loved too much

An interview with author Mack Friedman about his debut novel, Setting the Lawn on Fire, a powerful coming-of-age tale about adolescent queer desire

Declaring War Against a Silent LGBT Epidemic

Over 30,000 LGBT Americans die from smoking every year. This is what Equality California is doing to end this silent calamity.

Gay Travel in the Age of Terror

After witnessing terror in Barcelona, a gay writer reflects on the reasons we travel, and why we must continue.

How to Finally Quit Smoking

Chiropractic physician and clinical hypnotherapist Scott Lewis offers five tips to help you finally quit your smoking habit for the Gay American Smoke Out.

18 Self-Help Style Books LGBTQ Readers Will Love

Love yourself a little more by reading how these authors did it. You won't regret it.