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              Volume 11 — July 03, 2014
            ORIGINAL RESEARCH
            Smoking Initiation, Tobacco Product Use, and Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among General Population and Sexual Minority Youth, Missouri, 2011–2012
              Age of Initiation, y  General Population, %  LGBQ, %
              8 or younger                            6.0      1.4
              9 or 10                                 7.5      3.5
              11 or 12                               18.3     17.5
              13 or14                                31.5     30.1
              15 or 16                               30.1     32.9
              17 or older                             6.6     14.7
              Figure 1. Age of smoking initiation (current smokers only) among LGBQ and general population youth, Missouri Youth Tobacco Survey and Out, Proud and Healthy Survey, Missouri, 2011–2012. Abbreviation: LGBQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and questioning.
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                Age, y  General Population, %  LGBQ, %
                14                        2.9      3.1
                15                       14.0      3.1
                16                       28.1     18.9
                17                       32.8     29.9
                18                       22.2     45.1
                Figure 2. Percentage of current smokers, by age, among LGBQ and general population youth, Missouri Youth Tobacco Survey and Out, Proud and Healthy Survey, Missouri, 2011–2012. Abbreviation: LGBQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and questioning.
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                  Tobacco Product            General Population, %  LGBQ, %
                  Cigarette use only                           4.7     25.3
                  Cigar/cigarillos use only                    6.4     10.7
                  Chews/snus use only                          5.9      0.5
                  Poly-tobacco use                             7.1     21.5
                  Figure 3. Types of Tobacco Use Among LGBQ and General Population Youth, Missouri Youth Tobacco Survey and Out, Proud and Healthy Survey, 2011–2012. Abbreviation: LGBQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and questioning.
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