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Quit Smoking Save
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The Elecorette e Cigarette Save
Much safer and cheaper than smoking. Can be smoked anywhere legally.
www.elecorette.com (sponsored link)

Women and Smoking Save
Chapter in a book on tobacco in the UK.
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/ht...

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Women's smoking, targetting of women in tobacco marketing, and resulting cancer rates, with a focus on Canada.
http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-28829-201-1-...

Cigarettes Save
Women's Cancer Network explains why the lower tar and nicotine numbers are misleading, the cigarettes are designed to trick the smoking machines, and light cigarettes are no less lethal.
http://wcn.org/interior.cfm?contentid...

Girls and Tobacco Save
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids backgrounder covers cigarette promotions targeting women and girls. In PDF.
http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/f...

16. Women and smoking Save
Chapter in a book on smoking in Australia.
http://www.quit.org.au/quit/FandI/fan...

A Primer on Women and Tobacco: The Leading American Epidemic Save
Report in PDF format from the American Medical Students Association on tobacco marketing, tobacco use, and women.
http://www.amsa.org/pdf/womentobaccop...

ACSH: Tobacco and Women's Health: A Survey of Popular Women's Magazines, August 1999-August 2000 Save
Follow-up to earlier ACSH research finds women's magazines still give little or no coverage to lung cancer or other health effects of smoking, and still take plenty of cigarette ads, and still dispense plenty of other health advice.
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubI...

Adverse Effects of Tobacco Smoking on Reproduction Save
"Cigarette smoking is not only harmful to an individual. It is particularly detrimental during the reproductive period, when it may not only harm the unborn child, but may also damage the reproductive capacity of the next generation."
http://www.foresight-preconception.or...

Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco Save
Pamphlet from the Partnership for Smoking or Health (Missouri health group).
http://www.moalpha.org/docs/news/tob_...

Catching Our Breath: A Journal About Change for Women who Smoke Save
Written by women for women; 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.
http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/breath/i...

Christy Turlington: Not Just A Cover Model- A Role Model Save
Turlington writes about her own story of tobacco addiction and losing a loved one to lung cancer.
http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?...

Cigarette Ads Targetting Women Save
A collection of cigarette ads targetting women, from a gallery of cigarette ads.
http://www.tobacco.org/ads/index.php?...

Cigarette Advertising and Magazine Coverage of the Hazards of Smoking: A Statistical Analysis Save
Research concludes that "cigarette advertising in magazines is associated with diminished coverage of the hazards of smoking. This is particularly true for magazines directed to women."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/qu...

Cigarette Companies Blow Smoke In Women's Eyes Save
Newspaper article outlines a few ways cigarettes are promoted to women.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998...

Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy Save
New evidence that cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, aggressive behavior disorders and lower math and reading scores in children.
http://www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/smo...

Cigarettes Linked to Breast Cancer Save
Summary of recent research.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/ab...

Cigarettes More Dangerous to Women Save
According to recent research.
http://ash.org/dangers/women.html

Countering Tobacco Marketing Towards Females Save
The National Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco reports that advertising that targets women and girls has actually increased since the tobacco settlement.
http://quitsmoking.about.com/health/q...

Creating a Global Tobacco Culture Among Women Save
Book chapter explores tobacco industry promotion worldwide targeting women.
http://www.health.fi/smoke2html/Pages...

Independence From Smoking Save
National Women's Health Information Center provides information and resources to empower women and girls, and the people they love, to gain independence from smoking.
http://www.4woman.gov/QuitSmoking/ind...

International Network of Women against Tobacco (INWAT) Save
Founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders to address the complex issues of tobacco use among women and young girls.
http://www.inwat.org/

Japan Ads Sell Women On Smoking Save
US tobacco companies run ads in Japan for brands such as Virginia Slims using images of liberated, Western, cosmopolitan women. Over the same period, the number of female smokers has climbed, young women in particular
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998...

June Russell's Health Facts: Smoking - Women Save
Factsheet on tobacco products and their effects on women, children, and families.
http://www.jrussellshealth.com/smokwo...

Ladies Home Journal on Smoking Save
Smoking quiz, quitting tips, and dealing with withdrawal symptoms.
http://www.lhj.com/home/Quit-Smoking....

OnHealth: Smokeless Tobacco Increases Breast Cancer Risk Save
Spit tobacco increases a woman's risk of breast cancer.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...

Our Health vs. Their Profits: the Lure of Smoking Continues for Girls Save
Essay from editors of Our Bodies, Ourselves reflects on the progress not made when it comes to women, girls, and smoking.
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/smo...

Philip Morris: National Expert on Women Save
Once-secret memo, the Virginia Slims Opinion Poll Public Relations Plan, documents a PR campaign that Philip Morris ran to position itself as the "most authoritative chronicler of women's issues".
http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/d...

Pregnancy and smoking: a lethal combination Save
Information on how much harm tobacco products cause during and after pregnancy.
http://www.mothersbliss.co.uk/nine/sm...

Review - The Female Smoker: From Addiction to Recovery. Save
Book review.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content...

Rite Aid Is Taking A Stand Save
Photo essay takes a hard look at Rite Aid's claim that it's taking a stand against heart disease in women.
http://www.rawbw.com/~jpk/stand/Pictu...

Secondhand Smoke Causes Women Decreased Lung Function Save
Secondhand smoke causes decreased lung function in women, especially women with asthma, according to a recent study.
http://unisci.com/stories/20022/05230...

Smoke-Free Families: Know a Pregnant Smoker? Save
Benefits of quitting for you and your baby, resources that will help you quit smoking and stay quit, and how to contact Smoke-Free Families.
http://www.smokefreefamilies.org/quit...

Smokey Imagery and the 7 Deadly Myths Save
Oxygen.com describes tobacco industry use of images of thin, liberated women, enjoying an active, love-filled life, to get women to smoke.
http://www.oxygen.com/health/healthyl...

Smoking: A Guide for Teens Save
Center for Young Women's Health in Boston provides short factsheet aimed at teen women.
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/smok...

Smoking: Effects on Mothers and Babies in West Virginia Save
Matched Birth and Death Certificate data tell a grim tale, and a short discussion gives the story behind the data.
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/hsc/br...

Smoking Is Ugly Save
Created Christy Turlington to raise awareness about the effects of smoking, smoking related diseases and lung cancer. "More women died of lung cancer in 2002 than of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer combined" Facts and quitting info.
http://www.smokingisugly.com/

Smoking and Quitting for Women Save
From the National Women's Health Information Center.
http://www.forwoman.net/faq/smoking.htm

Smoking and Reproduction Save
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.
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets...

Smoking and Women: The Next Wave of the Global Epidemic Save
World Health Organiziation fact sheet.
http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact176....

Smoking is a Women's Issue Save
Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids covers harm to women from tobacco products, promotion to women and girls by the tobacco industry.
http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/wo...

Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women Save
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.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...

Speakers Kit on Women and Girls, Tobacco, and Lung Cancer Save
Slide presentations on tobacco advertising to women, public policy, smoking trends and health issues for women and girls, and smoking cessation approaches and options.
http://speakerskit.chestnet.org/wgtlc...

Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry Save
Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.
http://www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com/te...

The Marketing of Cigarettes to Women Save
Academic article documents trends and effects of tobacco industry marketing to women.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content...

The National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Save
Dedicated to smoking cessation methods and education about health issues arising from pregnancy and smoking. "We help pregnant women quit smoking."
http://www.helppregnantsmokersquit.org/

The New Face of Tobacco: Women Save
Znet article surveys tobacco industry marketing to women in the US and worldwide.
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/...

The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pregnancy and Fertility Save
Factsheets on tobacco and congenital anomalies, fertility and menopause, general effects, miscarriage, and low birth weight.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/...

The Tobacco Reference Guide: Women and Smoking Save
Current and historical trends documented from a book on tobacco.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/...

The Wrong Way to Stay Slim Save
Editorial from the New England Journal of Medicine looks at the connection between body image, advertising, and smoking.
http://www.nejm.org/content/1995/0333...

This Kills Women: Do Feminist Groups Even Care? Save
Washington Post article examines why women's groups say little about the leading cause of preventable death among women; one factor covered is tobacco industry money accepted by women's groups.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-...

Tobacco Advertising and Women: Virginia Slims Advertising Save
You've come a long way baby. A collection of Virginia Slimds ads shows how cigarettes were pushed in the 70's.
http://www.tobacco.org/ads/index.php?...

Tobacco Companies Exploit Women, says WHO Save
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.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/322/7...

Tobacco and Women's Health Save
Book review of book of same title.
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content...

Tobacco and Women - Trends and Strategies for Quitting Save
Dr. Susan Stewart gives the trends, the outcomes, and your personal options in ordinary language.
http://TheDoctorWillSeeYouNow.com/art...

Tobacco as a Problem for Women Save
Collection of articles on tobacco impacts on women.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/ab...

Torches of Freedom Save
Themes of Women's Liberation in American Cigarette Advertising; a paper presented at the Southwest / Texas Popular Culture Association Convention. In PDF.
http://www.rtvf.unt.edu/people/craig/...

U.S. Tobacco Makers Targetted Women Since '20s Save
ABC News article provides a quick summary of the long history.
http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/news/...

Virginia SLAM! Save
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.
http://www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?...

Why Cigarettes Can be a Woman's Worst Enemy Save
Smoking increases your risk of cervical and rectal cancer; worsens your period; damages your fertility; hurts your unborn baby; ages you; attacks your heart.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/women/9911/...

Women's Health Project: Tobacco Advertising and Women Save
NOW Foundation fact sheet.
http://www.nowfoundation.org/health/w...

Women's Magazines Cover Up Health Risks Save
Congressional testimony on why women's magazines, while reporting widely on health topics, have a near complete lack of coverage on smoking.
http://healthfactsandfears.com/featur...

Women Face Unique Risks From Smoking Says Surgeon General's Report Save
The marked increase in the number of women who die each year from tobacco products has led the surgeon general to call smoking-related disease among women a full-blown epidemic.
http://www.usmedicine.com/dailyNews.c...

Women and Smoking Save
Discusses effects of smoking on women and the steps to smoking cessation.
http://www.womenandsmoking.com/cessat...

Women and Smoking Save
American Legacy Foundation tobacco education campaign features real women battling very real tobacco-related illnesses light emphysema, lung cancer, and throat cancer, and highlights their real parting letters to their family and loved ones.
http://women.americanlegacy.org/

Women and Smoking Save
A 2001 report of the U.S. Surgeon General which includes patterns of tobacco used among women, graphs, statistical data, how to quit, state information, links.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_fo...

Women and Tobacco Save
WHO report. Women as the tobacco industry sees them; health effects of tobacco specific to women; women's brands and 'light' cigarettes.
http://tobacco.who.int/page.cfm?pid=49

Women, Girls and Tobacco: The Global Facts and the Challenge Save
Short paper on women and tobacco; tobacco promotion to women and girls; global impact of tobacco on women; recommendations for action.
http://www.ceche.org/programs/tobacco...

You're Going Too Far, Baby: Cigarette Makers Woo Women in the Developing World Save
Village Voice article. Tobacco industry developed its "smoking = liberation" message for women in the U.S. in the 1970's; now it's exporting that message to promote tobacco to women globally.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/00...

You've Come a Long Way...or Have You? Save
From the American Council on Science and Health a survey of 13 magazines over two years shows that women's magazines still downplaying health effects of smoking. The ratio of cigarette ads to articles on smoking is actually increasing.
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubI...

ivillage: Smoking and Women Save
Why tobacco products are more harmful to women; dimensions of the problem nationally; quitting; prevention.
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/library...

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