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WOMEN AND SMOKING

WOMEN AND SMOKING. PREVALENCE In the U.S. about 22 million adult women and 1.5 million adolescent girls smoke cigarettes. Smoking among girls and young women has increased dramatically in the 1990’s.

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WOMEN AND SMOKING

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  1. WOMEN AND SMOKING PREVALENCE • In the U.S. about 22 million adult women and 1.5 million adolescent girls smoke cigarettes. • Smoking among girls and young women has increased dramatically in the 1990’s. • A report published in the American Journal of Public Health (1997) shows that girls have an easier time buying cigarettes than boys, even at the youngest ages. • Smoking by women is a serious, widespread public health problem that must be addressed. • Smoking related diseases caused the premature death of approximately 178,00 women each year from 1995-1999.

  2. WOMEN AND SMOKINGHEALTH EFFECTS • Smoking is strongly linked to: • Heart Disease • Lung Cancer • Cervical Cancer • Osteoporosis • Stroke • Emphysema • Bladder cancer • Liver cancer • Colorectal Cancer • COPD • Menstrual Function altered • Reproductive Outcomes

  3. WOMEN AND SMOKINGHEALTH EFFECTS Pregnancy • Tobacco use during pregnancy is the most important modifiable cause of poor pregnancy outcomes. • Tobacco use during pregnancy increases the risk of: • Miscarriages • Stillbirths • Pre-term delivery • Infant Death • Low Birth-weight • SIDS • Spontaneous Abortions • Fetal Brain Damage • Lower or high than normal infant blood pressure • Attention Deficit Disorder • Respiratory Disorders during childhood • Cancer Causing agents in infants’ blood

  4. WOMEN AND SMOKINGHEALTH EFFECTS • Environmental Tobacco Smoke • ETS • Asthma • SIDS • Breast Cancer • Coughs • Wheezing • Bronchitis • Pneumonia • Lower Respirator tract infections, • Eye problems • Ear problems • Death (caused by fires started from cigarettes)

  5. Deaths caused by Cancers:

  6. Deaths caused by Cardiovascular Diseases:

  7. Deaths caused by Respiratory Diseases:

  8. Totals

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