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Review - The Female Smoker: From Addiction to Recovery.
Book review.
tc.bmjjournals.com
Cigarettes More Dangerous to Women
According to recent research.
ash.org
Smoking and Women: The Next Wave of the Global Epidemic
World Health Organiziation fact sheet.
www.who.int
International Network of Women against Tobacco (INWAT)
Founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders to address the complex issues of tobacco use among women and young girls.
www.inwat.org
Book review of book of same title.
tc.bmjjournals.com
Women, Girls and Tobacco: The Global Facts and the Challenge
Short paper on women and tobacco; tobacco promotion to women and girls; global impact of tobacco on women; recommendations for action.
www.ceche.org
Tobacco Companies Exploit Women, says WHO
Tobacco companies are exploiting women's struggle for equal rights by creating the impression that tobacco makes women more confident, more sexually attractive, and more in control of their own destiny, says a World Health Organization report.
bmj.com
Why Cigarettes Can be a Woman's Worst Enemy
Smoking increases your risk of cervical and rectal cancer; worsens your period; damages your fertility; hurts your unborn baby; ages you; attacks your heart.
www.cnn.com
Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry
Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.
www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com
Smoking and Quitting for Women
From the National Women's Health Information Center.
www.forwoman.net
Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy
New evidence that cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, aggressive behavior disorders and lower math and reading scores in children.
www.chem-tox.com
The Marketing of Cigarettes to Women
Academic article documents trends and effects of tobacco industry marketing to women.
tc.bmjjournals.com
Chapter in a book on tobacco in the UK.www.ash.org.uk
Tobacco as a Problem for Women
Collection of articles on tobacco impacts on women.
bcn.boulder.co.us
ASH-UK Factsheet covers smoking and cervical cancer, fertility, pregnancy, menopause, oral contraceptives, fetal growth and birth weight, spontaneous abortion, complications of pregnancy, perinatal mortality, secondhand smoke and pregnancy, children's health and long-term growth.
www.ash.org.uk