The what is and why bother with a critical public health (165)

…I think that quote said it all.

As long as tobacco control efforts continue to stigmatize smoking, they may fail to reduce health inequities.

But before moving on, it is worth emphasizing that our participants’ narratives suggest that as long as tobacco prevention and control efforts continue to stigmatize smoking, we may foreclose the possibility of reducing health inequities, and ultimately fail in our attempts to promote and protect the health of queer adults who smoke.