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The International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) was founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders to address the complex issues of tobacco use among women and young girls.
Contents Our History Take Action! Recent News Online Resources Educational Resources Coalition Members Loud and Clear Our Mission! Founded by the American Medical Women's Association, the National Coalition FOR Women Against Tobacco aims to recognize the dangers of tobacco use and exposure along with take a leadership role in helping the global community of women and girls lead tobacco-free ...
The National Women's Health Information Center has created this page to help empower women and girls, and the people they love to breathe clean! Gain independence from the stale world of smoking by using our information and resources. Learn about the specific effects of smoking on your health and how to overcome barriers to quit.
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This webpage deals with the death of my mother by Stage-4 A Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer.
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We're Sluts Against Butts and we're bent... bent on holding the tobacco industry responsible for what they do to women, that is. If you're ready to get tough on big tobacco AND have a good time, then it's time you joined us. Come on in! ...
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Links to information on lung cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. It is offered as part of the Cancer News on the Net service ...
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What are some of the short-term and long-term effects of smoking on women Is it too late to quit What are the most effective methods for women to stop smoking How effective are nicotine substitutes. How effective is the new pill that claims to help stop smoking Can I find resources on the Web to help me quit smoking What are some of the ...
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The Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health. Tobacco as a Problem for Women.
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Catching our Breath: A Journal about change for women who smoke, explores some of the problems women must overcome to quit smoking, or to reduce the amount they smoke. Also explores why women smoke as well as ways to cope and relax without smoking.
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Chapter six Creating a global tobacco culture among women Dr Amanda Amos Transnational tobacco companies are targeting the growing and potential markets of women smokers throughout the world. Where they come into contact with different cultures they tend to modify their message to women, and often get away with tactics that would be censured elsewhere. In this way the industry's method of ...
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Did You Know In 1998, Philip Morris made a profit of $5 billion selling cigarettes overseas, compared to $1.5 billion from cigarette sales in the United States. The Tobacco Toll Find out what tobacco has done to your state! Select a State... Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawai'i Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana ...
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New evidence cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, aggressive behavior disorders and lower math and reading scores in children.
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LUNG CANCER How common is lung cancer in women Can I develop lung cancer if I don't smoke What is the current treatment for lung cancer As a woman, what is my risk for lung cancer if I smoke See also... Cancer How common is lung cancer in women Lung cancer is the largest single cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. (28% of all cancer deaths.) For years, men were at higher risk for lung cancer ...
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When you light your cigarette in pregnancy, you're not the only one who smokes. Your baby does to!
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Supermodel Christy Turlington has graced the cover of so many magazines, her face has become almost synonymous with beauty and fashion. In a presentation adapted from a speech she gave to the Society for Women's Health Research, Christy speaks, not as a famous model, but as a super role model for women everywhere. Christy is a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the ...
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The New Face of Tobacco: Women Robert Weissman rob@milan.essential.org Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:38:32 -0400 (EDT) Previous message: Kenya debates tobacco bill that aims to reduce smoking-related disease (fwd) Next message: Thailand: BAT opens a subsidiary Messages sorted by: The New Face of Tobacco by Noy Thrupkaew Source: ZNet (Z Magazine), Wednesday, 2/14/01 While the Marlboro Man surveys the great ...
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As police lieutenant Anita Van Buren on NBC s Law & Order, my television role is to help fight crime, but off camera, my role is to help fight a different battle - lung cancer. ...
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Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry Factsheet -September 1998 Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 430, 700 American lives each year, including those affected indirectly, such as babies born prematurely due to prenatal maternal smoking and some of the victims of secondhand exposure to tobacco's carcinogens. Smoking costs the United States approximately $97.2 billion each ...
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Leslie Nuchow began Virginia SLAM! as a counter movement against the Virginia Slims record label, Woman Thing Music. Virginia SLAM! produced two SLAM! concerts in 1997 and 1998, featuring the Indigo Girls and Shawn Mullins that focused on keeping the tobacco industry out of music.
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Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported today.
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Home site map & search who we are our bodies ourselves nuestros cuerpos latina health initiative our publications health links health issues new & noteworthy online library internships donations Our Health vs. Their Profits: The Lure of Smoking Continues for Girls Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1998. Three years ago, as we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Our Bodies, ...
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Cigarettes More Dangerous to Women According to a new Australian study: * Women who smoke are more likely to develop lung cancer than male smokers * Women also seem to need fewer cigarettes to do so * Women also find it more difficult than men to quit smoking, said the report More specifically: * a woman who smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for 40 years had a cancer risk three times higher ...
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Home - Publications - Issue Briefs - Women and Smoking For many decades, tobacco companies have attempted to lure new female customers by associating smoking with a woman's independence and sophistication. Advertising campaigns such as Virginia Slims' You've come a long way, baby and the new It's a woman thing have presented smoking as signs of freedom and individuality. As early as 1916, ...
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Smoking-related illnesses and deaths among American and French women have risen sharply in recent years, despite vigorous anti-smoking campaigns on a global scale, says a Penn State researcher.
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UICC GLOBALink Presents... The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer, MD. Table of contents of the chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility Congenital Anomalies Fertility and Menopause General Miscarriage Smoking and Low Birth Weight Copyright ( ) 2000 - David Moyer - published on UICC GLOBALink ...
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UICC GLOBALink Presents... The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer, MD. Table of contents of chapter 24 Women and smoking General Historical Copyright ( ) 2000 - David Moyer - published on UICC GLOBALink ...
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Studies indicate smoking is more dangerous for women.
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