There are several services available to LGBTQ individuals in Philadelphia who are thinking about quiting smoking

Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization, has partnered with the Mazzoni Center and The SafeGuards Project, two leading Philadelphia LGBT health organizations, to kick off the “Delicious Lesbian Kisses™” campaign in Philadelphia this Saturday night, March 19, 2005 during Philadelphia’s girL party…

In July 0f 2003, SafeGuards conducted over 200 face-to-face interviews to try and understand the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of LGBT people with regards to smoking.

Summary & Recommendations:
Because Trans communities face a myriad of serious health and social concerns such as homelessness, poverty, violence, lack of access to health care, unemployment, lack of support, high rates of substance abuse and depression, quitting smoking may, understandably, not be a high priority for many Trans people who use tobacco products…

Current Research on Smoking and Trans communities
At present, there is very little medical information about the long-term
health effects of hormone usage in Trans individuals…

Rates
of Smoking Among Transgender Populations
Preliminary evidence from recent focus groups and surveys examining
smoking in the LGBTQ community suggests both rates of smoking and getting
help quitting are concerns for Trans populations…

Available Research
Asscheman, H; Lips, P; Gooren, LJG; Megens,
JAJ. Division of Endocrinology/Andrology…

There is very little research on Transgender/Transexual (Trans) populations and smoking. This article looks at what research is available, and what can be done in the future for this population.

Healthy People 2010 identifies tobacco use as “…one of today’s most challenging health and social problems,” and states, “The single most important high-risk behavior associated with the leading chronic diseases is cigarette smoking…