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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 24 Women and smoking |
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| | Women and smoking: General |
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| | The executive director of a major women's organization commented: "Philip Morris is |
| | probably (our) first corporate contributor... Politics is about taking care of the people |
| | who have been with you since the beginning, and they have." |
| | Tobacco Use, p. 29 |
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| | By interfering with the body's production of estrogen, smoking increases a woman's |
| | risk for fractures and for osteoporosis by making her bones less dense. If a woman |
| | smokes a pack a day, by the time she reaches menopause, her bones will be 5% to |
| | 10% less dense than they otherwise would have been. |
| | American Medical News, March 7, 1994 |
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| | Women who smoke a pack a day have a 5-10% deficit in bone mass by the time they |
| | reach menopause. Teenage girls who smoke have a lower bone mineral density than |
| | similar-aged girls who don't smoke. |
| | Cigarettes, p. 63 |
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| | Smoking causes women to have natural menopause one to two years early. |
| | Nicotine Addiction, p. 124 |
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| | Smoking lowers estrogen levels in a woman's body. As a result, women who smoke |
| | have an earlier menopause, which translates into an increased risk of osteoporosis |
| | and an increased risk of heart disease. |
| | Cigarettes, p. 136 |
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