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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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Tobacco is responsible for the deaths of 300,000 women each year in the developed

countries. The World Health Organization estimates that this figure will rise to a million

women each year by 2020.

Tobacco and Health, p. 7

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More than 140,000 American women die each year as a result of cigarette smoking,

compared to "only" 30,000 in 1965.

Journal of the American Medical Woman's Association, January 1996, p. 69

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The Virginia Slims theme "You've come a long way, baby" in use since the brand's

introduction in 1968, is being changed to "It's a woman thing."

New York Times, April 10, 1996, p. D6

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The number one cigarette brand among women is Marlboro Lights.

Eric Solberg, July 9, 1996, St. Louis

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Supermodel Kate Moss, the "new Twiggy", was featured in a "Feed the Waifs" spoof

in Esquire magazine. Prominent in the photograph are her cigarette and pack of

Marlboro Lights.

JAMA, January 23, 1994, p. 629

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"Cigarettes are like girls; the best ones are thin and rich."

Pitch for now-defunct Silva Thins (New Yorker May 13, 1996, p. 42)

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