Respecting sameness and difference: taking account of gender in research on smoking

Batten, Liz

doi:10.1136/tc.2.3.185

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“…However, gender did not develop as a focus in tobacco research until the 1980s (Batten, 1993; Greaves & Jategaonkar, 2006), fueled in part in the United States by the 1980 Surgeon General’s report warning of an “epidemic of smoking-related disease among women” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1980, 2001).…”

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The gendered experience of smoking stigma: implications for tobacco control

Antin¹,

Annechino²,

Hunt

et al. 2016

Critical Public Health

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Tobacco denormalization is a widely accepted tobacco control strategy, shaping policies and programs throughout the United States as well as globally. In spite of widespread beliefs about the effectiveness of tobacco denormalization approaches, concerns about their emphasis on stigmatization have emerged. Social science research on smoking stigma raises questions about the potential iatrogenic consequences of tobacco denormalization approaches. Few studies have considered how smoking stigma may be internalized differently by different people, particularly those who experience stigmatization because of other socially-ascribed makers of inequity (e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality). The intersection of multiple stigmas may work to intensify the “social isolation and marginalization” that some people already experience (Greaves & Hemsing 2009; pg S127). This paper presents results from a pattern-level analysis of focus group and interview data from a study investigating smoking-related stigma and perceptions of tobacco denormalization approaches among 15 low income Black women who smoke in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our analysis revealed a cycle where Black women’s experiences with structural oppression resulted in stress and the use of cigarettes to cope with that stress. Though the connection between smoking and stress is well documented in previous research, our analysis further revealed the additional contribution of the stigmatization of smoking and how it intensifies inequity for Black women who smoke. Implications of these findings for tobacco control and prevention are discussed.

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The gendered experience of smoking stigma: implications for tobacco control

Antin¹,

Annechino²,

Hunt

et al. 2016

Critical Public Health

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Willingness of female smokers to tolerate postcessation weight gain

Pomerleau

Kurth

1996

Journal of Substance Abuse

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Women and smoking

Amos

1996

British Medical Bulletin

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Smoking kills over half a million women each year and is the most important preventable cause of female premature death in several developed countries. However, in many countries, cigarette smoking still tends to be regarded as a mainly male problem. This paper explores the reasons why more attention needs to be paid to issues around smoking and women, even in countries which currently have low levels of female cigarette smoking. The article includes an overview of current patterns and trends of smoking among women, and the factors which influence smoking uptake and cessation in women compared to men. The experience of countries with the longest history of widespread female smoking is used to identify some of the key challenges facing developed and developing countries. Tobacco companies have identified women as a key target group, therefore particular attention is given to the ways in which they have attempted to reach women through advertising and other marketing strategies. It is concluded that in order to halt and ultimately reverse the tobacco epidemic among women, tobacco control policies need to encompass both gender-specific and gender-sensitive approaches. Examples are given of the types of action that are needed in relation to research, public policy and legislation, and education.

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Respecting sameness and difference: taking account of gender in research on smoking

Cited by 5 publications

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The gendered experience of smoking stigma: implications for tobacco control

The gendered experience of smoking stigma: implications for tobacco control

Willingness of female smokers to tolerate postcessation weight gain

Women and smoking

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