Jane McElroy, principal investigator of the study and associate professor of family and community medicine in the MU School of Medicine, says smoke-free policies have several positive outcomes for all people, including overall lower smoking rates and changes in norms regarding smoking.
Jenna Wintemberg, instructor of health sciences, says LGBT people face hostility and can feel excluded from social spaces, leading individuals to create their own spaces such as bars and nightclubs, which are often targets for marketing and promotion by the tobacco industry.