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How Did You Quit Smoking?
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Cascia Talbert at Monday, August 31, 2009
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According to the American Lung Association, In 2007, 19.8 million (17.4 percent) women smoked in the United States.
Below are some interesting facts about women and cigarettes from the American Lung Association.
- Smoking is directly responsible for 80 percent of lung cancer deaths in women in the U.S. each year.
- Female smokers are nearly 13 times more likely to die from COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) compared to women who have never smoked.
- Annually, cigarette smoking kills an estimated 173,940 women in the United States.
- Postmenopausal women who smoke have lower bone density than women who never smoked.
- Teenage girls often start to smoke to avoid weight gain and to identify themselves as independent and glamorous, which reflect images projected by tobacco ads.
- In 2005, 10.7 percent of women smoked during pregnancy, down almost 42 percent from 1990. infants are more likely to develop colds, bronchitis, and other respiratory diseases if secondhand smoke is present in the home or day care center. Maternal smoking has also been linked to asthma among infants and young children. The odds of developing asthma are twice as high among children whose mothers smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day.
- Women who quit smoking greatly reduce their risk of developing smoking-related diseases and dying prematurely.
- Women who quit smoking relapse for different reasons than men. Stress, weight control, and negative emotions, lead to relapse among women.
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