{"id":34918,"date":"2016-06-14T16:01:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=34918"},"modified":"2016-07-01T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T20:55:32","slug":"lgbt-resource-center-director-backs-anti-smoking-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/lgbt-resource-center-director-backs-anti-smoking-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT Resource Center director backs anti-smoking effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The director of the LGBT Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says a new federal effort to reduce smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is worthwhile and necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s social media campaign, called \u201cThis Free Life,\u201d aims to reduce the rate of tobacco use among the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Surveys show much higher rates of smoking among LGBT\u00a0adults than heterosexual adults.<\/p>\n<p>Other issues in the LGBT community \u2013 such as youth homelessness, school safety and employment discrimination \u2013 overshadow the tobacco problem but shouldn\u2019t obscure it, said Jen Murray, director of UWM\u2019s LGBT Resource Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmoking, especially e-cigarette use, cannot be ignored or seen as less of a problem,\u201d said Murray, who is also a member of the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance. \u201cMost people don\u2019t realize that smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death, causing more deaths than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries and firearm-related incidents combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the campaign is not running in any Wisconsin markets, \u201cThis Free Life\u201d videos can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/thisfreelife.betobaccofree.hhs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">at the campaign website<\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/thisfreelife\" target=\"_blank\">the campaign\u2019s You Tube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of the LGBT Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says a new federal effort to reduce smoking among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is worthwhile and necessary. The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s social media campaign, called \u201cThis Free Life,\u201d aims to reduce the rate of tobacco use among the LGBT community. 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