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Invest a little time and I'll take it from there.
D espite all of the documented health risks,
queers smoke more than heterosexuals. Is this
because of low self-esteem , youthful foolishness or sheer stupidity? Have we
been duped by shrewd tobacco company m arketing techniques?
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ueers tend to spend more time in bars than
heterosexuals, and we still tend to participate
more in drinking and drugs. I think the reasons for
this are twofold (at least): There is more pressure
to fit into a certain kind of mythological queer
lifestyle (i.e., pretty young gay men in bars), and
bars historically have been our gathering places.
To those of us in large, queer-friendly m et
ropolitan areas, it would seem it is getting "eas
ier” to be out, but nationally, this is far from
true— which is reason N o. 2: W e deal w ith the
stress o f com ing out by num bing ourselves w ith
cigarettes, m arijuana, beer and a num ber of
o th er coping mechanisms. Also rem em ber that
we are living on the “left coast” and tend to be
more health-conscious here than, say, N ew Jer
sey or Missouri, where it seems everyone still is
smoking and in denial about the dangers o f it.
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t is sad how many of us smoke! Way too many
of my friends smoke. They say it’s a lack of
and race. For me, the film was a meditation on
appearance and reality. It's an amazing and pro
found work, disturbing and delicious, where
everything manages to be both familiar and weird.
Talking about it afterward, 1 realized that, for
me, the issues of sexuality and race were almost
incidental. I don’t think 1 missed the point, any
more than 1 think Shawn Levy “forgot” to write
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one perspective.
confidence, low self-esteem.
And local bars cater to those who smoke.
W hen the Camel crew comes to the bars and
gives out free stuff, why don’t the Nicorette crew
come around and pass out free patches?
You’d think the whole idea that smoking
destroys the small blood vessels at the base of
the penis and makes one impotent would be
enough for any man not to smoke!
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