Chapter 24 Women and smoking

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Women and smoking: General

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Smoking accounts each year for 25% of all deaths among American women, or about

106,000 deaths each year.

The Harvard Guide, p. 582

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A middle aged woman who smokes is three times more likely to die of coronary artery

disease and five times more likely to die of a stroke than a nonsmoking woman of the

same age.

The Harvard Guide, p. 582

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Girls who smoke attain a lower maximal level of pulmonary function than nonsmokers.

NEJM, September 26, 1996, p. 936

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1999 estimated deaths from lung cancer in the U.S. women were 68,000, compared

to 43,400 deaths from breast cancer.

NBC evening news, April 12, 1999

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The number of female deaths from smoking in the European Union countries

increased from 10,000 in 1955 to more than 110,000 in 1995.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, February 3, 1999, p. 213

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The countries with the highest female smoking prevalence (age 15 and over) are

Denmark (37%), Norway (35%), the Czech Republic (31%), Fiji (30.6%), and Israel

and Russia (30%). Countries with a female smoking prevalence of 4% or less include

China, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Egypt,

Saudi Arabia, Lesotho, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

Tobacco or Health: a Global Status Report, World Health Organization, 1997

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