The topic of e-cigarettes is controversial. Opponents focus on e-cigarettes' risks for young
people, while supporters emphasize the potential for e-cigarettes to assist smokers in …

Highlights•Sexual and gender minority youth are at greater risk for substance use and
misuse.•Disparities are partially explained by general and unique stressors, social …

Empowering patients to be effective advocates for their health requires that they have
adequate information and understanding about their health conditions. Many patients have …

Introduction Tobacco use disparities by sexual identity are well characterized among adults,
but relatively less is known about tobacco use disparities in sexual minority youth. Moreover …

Background Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults have elevated use of many substances
compared to heterosexual adults, yet LGB disparities in specific types of opioid misuse and …

Chemsex is described as the use of psychoactive substances during sexual activity to
sustain, enhance, disinhibit, or facilitate the sexual experience. It preferentially concerns …

Purpose: An emerging literature documents that sexual minority youth experience
significantly and substantially worse health than their heterosexual peers, but few studies …

Minority stress has been posited as a framework to explain the health disparities seen in
sexual minority youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB+) youth. In the present study …

Background Research documents substantial adolescent health disparities by sexual
orientation, but studies are confined to a small number of countries—chiefly the USA. We …

This study combines minority stress and ecological perspectives to theorize the associations
between adolescents' sexual orientation and time use. Hypotheses are tested using data …